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Simon Lightwood vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 359 different votes 368 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 18 No
Migration 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
41 Aye 14 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
13 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
3 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
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API