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Lisa Smart vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Ian Lavery voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 270 different votes 342 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 69% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 8% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
397
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,381 eligible divisions
219
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
55.3% of votes cast
178
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
812
44.7% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

180
+94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Appearances
87
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
253
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Contributions
113
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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