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Ian Lavery vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,428 shared comparable votes.

1,420 same votes 8 different votes 1,428 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
135 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
135 Aye 78 No
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
106 Aye 60 No
56 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
56 Aye 78 No
36 Aye 52 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
36 Aye 52 No
45 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
45 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Housing 97% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 35 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
135 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
135 Aye 78 No
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
106 Aye 60 No
56 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
56 Aye 78 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
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
904
56.5 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
695
43.5 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Education
75 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API