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Ian Lavery vs Nick Timothy

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 Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Nick Timothy voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 294 different votes 303 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
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
397
575 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
190
47.9 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
207
52.1 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£194,714
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,714
14 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
20
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
87 of 111 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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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