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Simon Lightwood vs Sarah Gibson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 193 different votes 252 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
53.8% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Appearances
26
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
215
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Contributions
32
-115.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API