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Ian Lavery vs Jack Rankin

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 Jack Rankin
Jack Rankin
Con Windsor

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Jack Rankin voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 316 different votes 327 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
Participation
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 490 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
575 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
46.9 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
203
53.1 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
75
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£143,551
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,551
37 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
7 registered categories
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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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