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Richard Fuller vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Richard Fuller
Richard Fuller
Con North Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Richard Fuller and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,191 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,140 different votes 1,191 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 31 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
65 Aye 33 No
Migration 5% aligned 98 shared votes
28 Aye 70 No
25 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 45 No
Education 0% aligned 57 shared votes
45 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,310
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
618
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
692
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
11
0.8% 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

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 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

£2,221,578
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£273,108
21% above 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 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
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
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
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