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Ian Lavery vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 906 different votes 944 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
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
49 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 102 shared votes
50 Aye 52 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
79 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
42 Aye 89 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% 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
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 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
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