Compare

Paul Holmes vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,043 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 999 different votes 1,043 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
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 19 No
Housing 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 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 93 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API