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Chris Law vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Ian Lavery voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 974 shared comparable votes.

891 same votes 83 different votes 974 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
30 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
30 Aye 89 No
23 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 10 No
Energy 70% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
103 Aye 53 No
Tax 71% aligned 156 shared votes
106 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 95% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

51.6%
21% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,223
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,372 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
55.4% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
806
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
80
-0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
65
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
107
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API