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Bobby Dean vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Bobby Dean and Ian Lavery voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 251 different votes 314 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
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 50% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 11 No
Housing 35% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
394
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
205
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
189
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
797
44.3 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % 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

89
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Appearances
79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
104
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Contributions
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,307
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£178,307
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API