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Ian Lavery vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 992 different votes 1,033 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 96 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
92 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 113 shared votes
62 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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