Simon Lightwood Voting Summary

Compared with Labour MPs in House of Commons for period: All time.

Health

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life active 0.00 Voted for 0.42 -0.42 False
fewer obstacles for access to abortion active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False
smoking bans active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Miscellaneous Topics

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
creating a publically owned energy investment company (Great British Energy) active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
speeding up nationwide infrastructure consents and opposing local veto powers over large energy schemes active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.00 0.16 False

Social Issues

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
shifting the balance of employment rights towards employees active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False
allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life active 0.00 Voted for 0.42 -0.42 False
smoking bans active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
measures that increased LGBT+ rights and social equality. active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False

Constitutional Reform

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
approving reports and recommendations made by the Standards Committee active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 -0.00 False
transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament active 0.84 Generally voted against 0.84 0.00 False
a wholly elected House of Lords active 1.00 Voted against 1.00 0.00 False

Foreign Policy and Defence

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
coordinated border security, new immigration crime offences, and scrapping the Rwanda deportation scheme (Border Security Bill) active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Environmental Issues

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
measures to prevent climate change active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.06 -0.06 False
increasing windfall tax on oil and gas companies active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False
measures to encourage purchase and use of electric vehicles active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.00 0.16 False
financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.00 0.16 False
greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
the preservation of environmental protections after withdrawal from the EU active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Education

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
nationalising teacher pay and the curriculum for academies, tightening child-protection duties, free breakfast clubs (Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill). active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Taxation and Employment

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
increasing windfall tax on oil and gas companies active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False
increasing stamp duty active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 -0.00 False
increasing capital gains tax active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.06 -0.06 False
charging VAT on private school fees active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.00 0.16 False
higher taxes on alcoholic drinks active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
more restrictive regulation of trade union activity active 1.00 Consistently voted against 0.94 0.06 False

Business and the Economy

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
creating a new regulator for English Football active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Transport

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
increasing local council power over bus services active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
a publicly owned railway system active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Housing

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
increasing stamp duty active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 -0.00 False
more rights for tenants and regulation on landlords active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Home Affairs

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
a stricter asylum system active 1.00 Voted against 1.00 0.00 False
stronger laws and enforcement of immigration rules active 0.84 Generally voted against 0.84 0.00 False

Justice

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
reducing (for some kinds of offenders) the minimum detention requirement before release to reduce pressure on prison capacity. active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.00 0.16 False

Welfare, Benefits and Pensions

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
means-testing/removing universality on winter fuel payments for pensioners active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 -0.00 False
more powers to investigate welfare fraud, including requiring banks to monitor accounts of welfare recipients active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
reducing the health top-up for new universal credit claims, while increasing the rate of UC standard allowance. active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.12 -0.12 False