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Simon Lightwood vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 269 different votes 273 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
37 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API