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Ian Lavery vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 335 different votes 347 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 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
4 of 4 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
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