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Lorraine Beavers vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 442 shared comparable votes.

436 same votes 6 different votes 442 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
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Housing 97% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 98% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
268
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
241
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
9
1.8% 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

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
85
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API