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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 344 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 336 different votes 344 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 31 No
Migration 9% aligned 44 shared votes
27 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
18 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 648
Participation
69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 648
664
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,613
2,312 eligible divisions
370
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
753
46.7 % of votes cast
294
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
860
53.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 648
Appearances
34
-26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 648
209
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
Contributions
48
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 648

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Transport
73 of 87 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
Housing
34 of 43 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API