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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 368 different votes 377 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 21 No
Migration 8% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 42 No
Tax 2% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,581
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
747
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
834
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

14
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
Appearances
97
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
18
-144.0 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Contributions
230
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
16
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API