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Alan Mak vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,561 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,490 different votes 1,561 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
62 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 171 shared votes
109 Aye 62 No
21 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
78 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 152 shared votes
73 Aye 79 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 28 No
Energy 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
960
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
23
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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