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Ian Lavery vs Dame Harriett Baldwin

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 Dame Harriett Baldwin
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Dame Harriett Baldwin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,516 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,451 different votes 1,516 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
24 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
109 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
63 Aye 106 No
39 Aye 93 No
Migration 4% aligned 132 shared votes
90 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 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
81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,940
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.2% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,025
52.8% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
106
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
135
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£247,722
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
207 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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
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