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Ian Lavery vs Damian Hinds

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 Damian Hinds
Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Damian Hinds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,580 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,510 different votes 1,580 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
27 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
111 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 170 shared votes
64 Aye 106 No
32 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
35 Aye 107 No
Migration 4% aligned 142 shared votes
104 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,050
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
51.9% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2% 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
79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
84 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
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
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
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