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Ian Lavery vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Andy McDonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,617 shared comparable votes.

1,614 same votes 3 different votes 1,617 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
140 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
140 Aye 73 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
69 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
69 Aye 74 No
31 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
31 Aye 105 No
55 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
55 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
140 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
140 Aye 73 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
69 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
69 Aye 74 No
31 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
31 Aye 105 No
55 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
55 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API