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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 212 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 207 different votes 212 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
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
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
7 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
Participation
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 574 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
321
526 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
157
48.9 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
164
51.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 648
Appearances
3
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 648
209
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
Contributions
3
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 648

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Defence
18 of 22 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
16 of 21 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API