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Simon Lightwood vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 594 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 575 different votes 594 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
4 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 33 No
Migration 2% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
51 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
25 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
25 Aye 51 No
32 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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