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Wendy Chamberlain vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain
LD North East Fife
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Ian Lavery voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 945 shared comparable votes.

695 same votes 250 different votes 945 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
20 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 80 No
Migration 98% aligned 108 shared votes
26 Aye 82 No
15 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 2 No
Energy 96% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Education 34% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
70 Aye 41 No
Tax 52% aligned 111 shared votes
73 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 32 No
Devolution / Local Government 55% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 61% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 449 of 649
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,131
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,354 eligible divisions
587
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,000
55.8 % of votes cast
544
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
792
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

106
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
Appearances
76
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
134
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
104
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
118 of 152 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API