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Wera Hobhouse vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 174 different votes 478 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
15 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Education 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 27% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 33% aligned 58 shared votes
43 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

143
+60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
12
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
70 of 87 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