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Stephen Doughty vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 470 shared comparable votes.

455 same votes 15 different votes 470 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
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
1,609
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
923
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
686
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

96
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Appearances
114
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
443
+274.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
253
+84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
178 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API