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Ms Julie Minns vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Ian Lavery voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 474 shared comparable votes.

464 same votes 10 different votes 474 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
55 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 90% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 12 No
Housing 97% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 98% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.7%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
547
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,417 eligible divisions
283
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
55.4% of votes cast
264
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

248
+153.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
276
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
5
3 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
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
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
No
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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