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Ian Lavery vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,592 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,526 different votes 1,592 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
111 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 172 shared votes
65 Aye 107 No
25 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
72 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
73 Aye 73 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 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
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API