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Nick Timothy vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Nick Timothy and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 302 different votes 314 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
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
408
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
196
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
212
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
122
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£199,214
12% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
22
5 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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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