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Sir Roger Gale vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 269 different votes 273 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
65.2%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
704
1,079 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
384
54.5% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
320
45.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
93
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
245
+105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API