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Dr Kieran Mullan vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Dr Kieran Mullan and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,069 different votes 1,112 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
16 Aye 27 No
Benefits 7% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 22 No
Trade 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 121 shared votes
52 Aye 69 No
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
94 Aye 40 No
Migration 3% aligned 134 shared votes
36 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
688
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
716
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£301,859
33% above average
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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