Ayes & Noes

Compare

Ian Lavery vs John Lamont

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 Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,318 different votes 1,366 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
17 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
61 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
70 Aye 62 No
36 Aye 99 No
Migration 4% aligned 135 shared votes
96 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 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
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 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
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API