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Ian Lavery vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,381 shared comparable votes.

1,375 same votes 6 different votes 1,381 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
133 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
133 Aye 64 No
97 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
97 Aye 61 No
54 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
54 Aye 59 No
24 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
24 Aye 74 No
32 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 98% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
133 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
133 Aye 64 No
97 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
97 Aye 61 No
54 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
54 Aye 59 No
24 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
24 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
56.1 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
688
43.9 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
45
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
59
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Trade
76 of 88 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Transport
74 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API