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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 997 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 963 different votes 997 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
44 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 107 shared votes
61 Aye 46 No
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
84 Aye 39 No
83 Aye 46 No
Tax 2% aligned 129 shared votes
44 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 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
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,262
1,594 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
603
47.8 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
659
52.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
83
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£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
2
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
50 of 50 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
46 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
135 of 152 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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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