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John McDonnell vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,611 shared comparable votes.

1,594 same votes 17 different votes 1,611 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
139 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 211 shared votes
139 Aye 72 No
108 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
108 Aye 62 No
61 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
61 Aye 78 No
32 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 25 No
Education 93% aligned 74 shared votes
54 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
41 Aye 21 No
Benefits 97% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 98% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
36 Aye 105 No
Migration 99% aligned 141 shared votes
34 Aye 107 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
986
56.2 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
770
43.8 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 648
Contributions
80
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
54 of 59 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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