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Simon Lightwood vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 514 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 491 different votes 514 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
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 33 No
Migration 7% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
126
+42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
193
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API