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Luke Pollard vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

1,328 same votes 15 different votes 1,343 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
107 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 No
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
38 Aye 100 No
37 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
40 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 21 No
Benefits 86% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 97% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 12 No
Education 98% aligned 53 shared votes
40 Aye 13 No
64 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 129 shared votes
62 Aye 67 No
107 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 No

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

Voting record

69.4%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,490
2,146 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,401 eligible divisions
818
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
55.1% of votes cast
672
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
824
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
91
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
684
+532.8 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650
Contributions
116
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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