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Simon Lightwood vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 470 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 459 different votes 470 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
55 Aye 23 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
22 Aye 56 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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