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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 21% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 260 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
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
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

69.4%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
413
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,381 eligible divisions
218
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
55.3% of votes cast
195
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
812
44.7% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Appearances
87
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
114
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
113
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
6
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
62 of 67 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
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API