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Jeff Smith vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

1,348 same votes 18 different votes 1,366 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
116 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
116 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
28 Aye 96 No
56 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
56 Aye 64 No
32 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 21 No
Benefits 87% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
76 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 105 shared votes
79 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 23 No
Housing 98% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
38 Aye 15 No
Education 98% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
116 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
116 Aye 67 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,911
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,401 eligible divisions
1,036
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
55.1% of votes cast
875
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
824
44.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
91
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
70
-82.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
116
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API