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Ian Lavery vs Blake Stephenson

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 Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 309 different votes 320 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 16% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
30 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
30 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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