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Sir John Whittingdale vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 495 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 478 different votes 495 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 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 22 No
Migration 6% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,897
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
695
1,067 eligible divisions
906
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
55.1 % of votes cast
991
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
312
44.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

74
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
75
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
104
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
183
+49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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