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Simon Lightwood vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 527 shared comparable votes.

514 same votes 13 different votes 527 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
61 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
61 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
61 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 650
744
1,128 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,699 eligible divisions
402
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
53.3% of votes cast
342
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
6
-88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
6
-158.6 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API