Simon Lightwood
Labour (Co-op) Wakefield and Rothwell
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Simon Lightwood voted the same way as most of the Labour (Co-op) party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
Simon Lightwood currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Simon Lightwood →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: UNISON
Address of donor: UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support the production of a constituency wide leaflet
Date received: 12 December 2025
Date accepted: 12 December 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 12 December 2025)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Simon Lightwood yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Simon Lightwood has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£339,820.19 paid out to or for Simon Lightwood across 207 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Simon Lightwood’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Simon Lightwood — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Simon Lightwood’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Simon Lightwood isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.
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