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Ian Lavery vs Wera Hobhouse

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

1,013 same votes 244 different votes 1,257 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
89 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
89 Aye 58 No
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 97% aligned 113 shared votes
26 Aye 87 No
36 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 8 No
Education 44% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
98 Aye 46 No
Tax 60% aligned 144 shared votes
85 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 29 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 64% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API