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Ashley Dalton vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Ian Lavery voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 524 shared comparable votes.

515 same votes 9 different votes 524 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
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
20 Aye 55 No
16 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 65% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
20 Aye 55 No
16 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 539 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
614
969 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,417 eligible divisions
289
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
55.4% of votes cast
325
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
108
-56.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
6 of 7 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 17 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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