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Rebecca Harris vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Rebecca Harris
Rebecca Harris
Con Castle Point
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Rebecca Harris and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,617 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,552 different votes 1,617 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
18 Aye 36 No
Benefits 6% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
63 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
107 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 25 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
104 Aye 42 No
Migration 3% aligned 146 shared votes
39 Aye 107 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

90.0%
17% above average
Rank 19 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
2,139
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,118
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 645 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

£2,101,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£211,006
7% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
207 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
165 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Crime / Justice
218 of 230 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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