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Mike Martin vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Ian Lavery voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 223 different votes 280 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 46% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 9% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 584 of 649
Participation
76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
336
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
186
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
150
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
797
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
41
5 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API