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Wera Hobhouse vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Ian Lavery voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

1,013 same votes 244 different votes 1,257 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
89 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
89 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 87 No
Migration 97% aligned 113 shared votes
25 Aye 88 No
34 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 21 No
Education 44% aligned 41 shared votes
33 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
85 Aye 59 No
Tax 60% aligned 144 shared votes
98 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 35 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 24 No
Defence 64% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

141
+58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
185
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
70 of 87 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