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Ian Lavery vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,351 different votes 1,394 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
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
61 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 133 shared votes
71 Aye 62 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
99 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
59 Aye 97 No
29 Aye 94 No
Migration 1% aligned 123 shared votes
95 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
140 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 205 shared votes
65 Aye 140 No
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 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
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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