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Tim Farron vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 424 shared comparable votes.

250 same votes 174 different votes 424 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 1 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 28 No
Migration 89% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 15% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 16% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 24 No
Tax 38% aligned 47 shared votes
34 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 39% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 649
1,482
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,072 eligible divisions
811
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
671
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

147
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
Appearances
92
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
169
+30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Contributions
244
+105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
24
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API