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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 250 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 247 different votes 250 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
2 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

56.9 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 647
Participation
65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 647
1,323
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
1,035 eligible divisions
607
45.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
372
55.3 % of votes cast
716
54.1 % of votes cast
No votes
301
44.7 % of votes cast
30
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

103
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 647
Appearances
80
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 647
66
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 647
Contributions
260
+144.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 647

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
5
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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Transport
71 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
63 of 88 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API