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Ian Lavery vs Mr Peter Bedford

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 319 different votes 328 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % 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
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API