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Brian Mathew vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Ian Lavery voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 271 different votes 341 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 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
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 45% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 22 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
393
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,381 eligible divisions
199
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
55.3% of votes cast
194
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
812
44.7% of votes cast
13
3.3% 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

83
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Appearances
87
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
93
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API