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Tahir Ali vs Simon Lightwood
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Tahir Ali and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 603 shared comparable votes.
597 same votes
6 different votes
603 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.1%
4% above average
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
1,283
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,116 eligible divisions
675
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Debates
35
-53.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
96
+7.1 vs Commons average
52
-102.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
225
+70.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API