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Andrew George vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Andrew George
Andrew George
LD St Ives
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Andrew George and Ian Lavery voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 260 different votes 337 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 52% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 33% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 6% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 9% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 5 No
Transport 16% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 16% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

67.7 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 649
Participation
76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
389
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
207
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
182
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
797
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

117
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Appearances
79
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
181
+42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
107
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,083,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£185,646
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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