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Simon Lightwood vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Simon Lightwood and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 174 different votes 478 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
15 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 4 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 9 No
Education 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 11 No
Defence 27% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
43 Aye 15 No
Tax 33% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
711
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
387
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
324
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£321,958
42% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Transport
26 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API