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Ian Lavery vs Andrew Griffith

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

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith
Con Arundel and South Downs

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Andrew Griffith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,018 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 986 different votes 1,018 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 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 132 shared votes
93 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Housing 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 7 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
8 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
Participation
79.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,643 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
651
50.0 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
651
50.0 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
84
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,237,293
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,103
26 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
146 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
45 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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 Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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