Compare

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 368 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 359 different votes 368 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
13 Aye 42 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
41 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

8
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
13
-129.3 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 649
Contributions
215
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Trade
72 of 91 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
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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