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Douglas Lumsden vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden
Con Aberdeen South
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and Ian Lavery voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 61 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 59 different votes 61 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 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,417 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
55.4% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 13 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API