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Gregory Stafford vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 320 different votes 333 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 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
290
+144.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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