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Rachael Maskell vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,717 shared comparable votes.

1,704 same votes 13 different votes 1,717 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
148 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 229 shared votes
148 Aye 81 No
39 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
39 Aye 108 No
60 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 82 shared votes
60 Aye 22 No
37 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
76 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 154 shared votes
75 Aye 79 No
148 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 229 shared votes
148 Aye 81 No

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

Voting record

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 648
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
1,945
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
986
56.2 % of votes cast
878
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
770
43.8 % of votes cast
43
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

184
+123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 648
Appearances
56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
225
+116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
2
2 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
90 of 95 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Transport
81 of 87 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
No rebel
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 17 Jun 2020
Aye
No rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) 13 Mar 2017
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API