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Wes Streeting vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting
Lab Ilford North
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Wes Streeting and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

1,264 same votes 13 different votes 1,277 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
99 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
99 Aye 57 No
101 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
101 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 95% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 8 No
Education 98% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 68 No
Migration 99% aligned 99 shared votes
30 Aye 69 No

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

Voting record

59.5%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
1,431
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,405 eligible divisions
807
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,015
55.2% of votes cast
624
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.8% of votes cast
16
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Appearances
91
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
402
+249.8 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Contributions
115
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,232,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£302,150
34% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
25
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

NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Transport
65 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 81 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
71 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
No rebel
No
Sittings of the House 30 Dec 2020
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019, No. 855) 15 May 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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