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Tom Gordon vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 210 different votes 275 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

199
+115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
282
+136.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API