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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.

Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 361 different votes 369 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 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

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
698
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
383
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
315
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
244
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
87
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£2,020,933
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
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
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Housing
34 of 43 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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