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Martin Vickers vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,573 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,509 different votes 1,573 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
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 33 No
Benefits 7% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
100 Aye 42 No
Migration 4% aligned 142 shared votes
39 Aye 103 No
61 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 172 shared votes
111 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 53 No
Education 0% aligned 69 shared votes
53 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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