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Ian Lavery vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,091 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 1,058 different votes 1,091 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
25 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
53 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 123 shared votes
67 Aye 56 No
95 Aye 50 No
Tax 2% aligned 145 shared votes
47 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
11 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 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
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API