UK Parliament · member 4943
Simon Lightwood MP
- Party
- Labour (Co-op) — Co-operative Party, Labour Party
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Member for this seat since
- 23 June 2022
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Simon Lightwood, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- UNISON - £2,000.00 (registered 12 December 2025)
- Coca Cola Europacific Partners - £5,000.00 (registered 14 August 2025)
- UKREiiF (The UK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum) - £950.00 (registered 14 August 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 376 recorded divisions where Simon Lightwood and at least one other Labour (Co-op) member were recorded voting, Simon Lightwood voted the same way as most voting Labour (Co-op) members 374 times (99.5%).
This compares Simon Lightwood with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £16,818 across 69 claim lines; 2024-25: £322,042 across 134 claim lines; 2023-24: £276,043 across 221 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 64 | £14,829 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 5 | £1,989 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £242,940 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 8 | £35,092 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 111 | £30,472 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 7 | £7,842 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £5,589 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £107 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 13 | £195,860 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 167 | £33,186 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 31 | £32,416 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 5 | £6,765 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 2 | £5,460 |
| 2023-24 | Miscellaneous | 2 | £2,302 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £54 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 November 2022 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — SAMSUNG UK | £995 | Paid |
| 10 April 2025 | Accommodation · Council tax | WWW.WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK | £990 | Paid |
| 29 July 2025 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | ARGOS | £100 | Paid |
| 25 April 2023 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Sundries — Heater for constituency office | £99 | Paid |
| 31 January 2026 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | TASKER ON TASKRABBIT | £99 | Paid |
| 17 August 2023 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Banner September 2023 | £97 | Paid |
| 13 April 2023 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — AMZNMKTPLACE | £96 | Paid |
| 12 October 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Sundries — AMAZON [***] | £96 | Paid |
| 7 August 2023 | Office Costs · Software & applications | Microsoft Teams Phone Standard | £95 | Paid |
| 30 September 2022 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Bulb Energy Bills Sept | £95 | Paid |
| 28 March 2023 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Frosted window adhesive film for privacy in constituency office | £95 | Paid |
| 4 December 2023 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — OVO ENERGY LTD | £94 | Paid |
| 25 October 2022 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity Bill | £93 | Paid |
| 21 September 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2022 | £93 | Paid |
| 23 February 2024 | Miscellaneous · IPSA RICS Valuation | RICS valuation report Q3 and Q4 2023 | £912 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
28 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Transport. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
| Date | Met | Purpose, as recorded | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2024 | First Bus | Meeting with Janette Bell (Managing Director of First Bus) to set out government's plans for local transport and discuss biggests challenges and priorities to bus sector. | Department for Transport |
| 12 September 2024 | Beryl | Meeting with CEO of Beryl (Philip Ellis) to discuss matters regarding E-scooter insurance | Department for Transport |
| 11 September 2024 | Association of British Insurers, The British Insurance Brokers' Association and Allianz | Meeting with Phil Ellis (CEO & Co-founder of Beryl) to discuss difficulties regarding e-scooter insurance. | Department for Transport |
| 11 September 2024 | Sustrans | To give an address in response to Sustrans report on access to cycles for people on low income | Department for Transport |
| 11 September 2024 | Transport for London and Greater London Assembly | Follow up introduction to discuss TfL's key priorities and longer term funding certainty. | Department for Transport |
| 4 September 2024 | Confederation of Passenger Transport | Introduction with Chief Executive of the Confederation of Passenger Transport to set out government's plans for local transport | Department for Transport |
| 4 September 2024 | UK Coach Operators Association | Introduction with Stephen Telling (President of UK Coach Operators Association) and Peter Bradley (Managing Director of UK Coach Operators Association) to set out governmnet's plans for coaches and discuss biggest challenges and priorities for the industry. | Department for Transport |
| 20 August 2024 | Mayor Kim McGuiness, Nexus Learning Centre | Roundtable during visit to Tyneside with Nexus Learning Centre representatives and Kim McGuiness (Mayor for the North East) to discuss Metro to Washington, signalling and funding streams. | Department for Transport |
| 20 August 2024 | Active Travel England | Meeting during visit to Tyneside with Active Travel England representatives to discuss active travel in the region. | Department for Transport |
| 19 August 2024 | Mayor Kim McGuinness | Meeting with the Mayor of North East, to discuss the Better Buses Bill and the issue of Direct Award | Department for Transport |
| 7 August 2024 | Active Travel England | Brief intro call with Chris Boardman to set out the active travel agenda and layout the following key issues as the priority of Active Travel England: Multi-year funding for Local Authorities and health of the nation through active travel | Department for Transport |
| 7 August 2024 | Go-ahead | Brief intro call with CEO of Go-Ahead, Matt Carney, to set out bus sector pledges and lay out interest in the following areas: funding initiatives, ZEB rollout and sector-wide training. | Department for Transport |
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.