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Simon Lightwood vs Sir James Cleverly

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 371 different votes 380 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
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 32 No
Migration 9% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
39 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
19 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
19 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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