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Tom Gordon vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Ian Lavery voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 261 different votes 333 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
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 52% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 38% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 6% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 14% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

199
+114.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
86
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
282
+135.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Contributions
112
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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