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Olivia Blake vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,056 shared comparable votes.

1,049 same votes 7 different votes 1,056 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
92 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
92 Aye 48 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 19 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 83 No
Migration 98% aligned 120 shared votes
35 Aye 85 No
41 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 103 shared votes
40 Aye 63 No
92 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
92 Aye 48 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
630
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
986
56.2 % of votes cast
563
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
770
43.8 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 648
Appearances
56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
43
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 648
Contributions
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Education
65 of 68 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API