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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 300 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 291 different votes 300 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
178
43.1 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
235
56.9 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % 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
65
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648
Contributions
101
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
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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