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Simon Lightwood vs Stuart Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 504 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 486 different votes 504 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
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 29 No
Migration 6% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 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