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Stephen Kinnock vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 570 shared comparable votes.

569 same votes 1 different votes 570 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
51 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 647
1,758
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
678
1,044 eligible divisions
997
56.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
55.0 % of votes cast
761
43.3 % of votes cast
No votes
305
45.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

84
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Appearances
84
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
305
+187.2 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Contributions
264
+146.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Defence
56 of 64 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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