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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 4% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 997 different votes 1,035 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
8 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 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
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

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,658 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
624
47.9% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
678
52.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 150 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
62 of 67 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
36 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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