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Valerie Vaz vs Simon Lightwood
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 603 shared comparable votes.
591 same votes
12 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
76.7%
4% above average
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
1,854
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
1,043
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
811
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Debates
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
16
-148.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API