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Brendan O'Hara vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Ian Lavery voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,067 shared comparable votes.

977 same votes 90 different votes 1,067 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
21 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
114 Aye 56 No
Tax 76% aligned 170 shared votes
115 Aye 55 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 80% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 24 No
Benefits 86% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 88% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 647
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 647
1,355
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,773
2,333 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
990
55.8 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
783
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
62
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
65
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Contributions
84
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
7
5 registered categories
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

Migration
161 of 169 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 64 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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