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Ian Lavery vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Matt Vickers voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 990 different votes 1,025 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
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
45 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 108 shared votes
61 Aye 47 No
35 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
85 Aye 39 No
83 Aye 47 No
Tax 2% aligned 130 shared votes
45 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 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
78.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,292
1,643 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
618
47.8 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
674
52.2 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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