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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 1,762 shared comparable votes.

1,749 same votes 13 different votes 1,762 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 83 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
148 Aye 83 No
39 Aye 110 No
Migration 100% aligned 149 shared votes
39 Aye 110 No
61 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 83 shared votes
61 Aye 22 No
39 Aye 41 No
Transport 100% aligned 80 shared votes
39 Aye 41 No
34 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
34 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 83 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
148 Aye 83 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

256
+172.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
310
+164.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649

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
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API