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Ian Lavery vs John Cooper

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 John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and John Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 305 different votes 315 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
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
43 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 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
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
104
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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