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Simon Lightwood vs Shivani Raja

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Shivani Raja voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 245 different votes 251 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% 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
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£764,432
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API