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Ian Lavery vs Rachael Maskell

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 Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Rachael Maskell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,751 shared comparable votes.

1,738 same votes 13 different votes 1,751 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
148 Aye 83 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
148 Aye 83 No
39 Aye 110 No
Migration 100% aligned 149 shared votes
39 Aye 110 No
61 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 83 shared votes
61 Aye 22 No
39 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 80 shared votes
39 Aye 41 No
34 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
75 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 154 shared votes
76 Aye 78 No
148 Aye 83 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
148 Aye 83 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
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,983
2,361 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,081
54.5 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
902
45.5 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
45
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
229
+151.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
278
+139.7 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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
£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£256,869
14 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
89 of 95 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 17 Jun 2020
No rebel
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No rebel
Aye rebel
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Aye
Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) 13 Mar 2017
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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