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Gerald Jones vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,552 shared comparable votes.

1,532 same votes 20 different votes 1,552 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
130 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
130 Aye 71 No
111 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
111 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
55 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
55 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 20 No
Benefits 89% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 20 No
Housing 98% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
74 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 149 shared votes
72 Aye 77 No
32 Aye 76 No
Migration 99% aligned 108 shared votes
31 Aye 77 No
130 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
130 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
1,936
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,825
2,390 eligible divisions
1,081
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
55.3% of votes cast
855
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
815
44.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

32
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
40
-111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
Contributions
116
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
69 of 70 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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