Ian Lavery — Hear, Hear

Voting record

4

Voted for

4

Voted against

1

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Ian Lavery’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 61%

How often Ian Lavery voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Ian Lavery doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held

Co-National Campaign Coordinator — Cabinet Office (2017-06-14 to 2020-04-05) Shadow

Campaigns and Elections Chair — Cabinet Office (2017-02-11 to 2017-06-14) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2016-10-07 to 2020-04-05) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Trade Unions and Civil Society) — Cabinet Office (2015-09-18 to 2016-10-07) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Ian Lavery →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: QTS Data Centres
Address of donor: 14-15 Conduit Street, London WIS2XJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of venue and refreshments for a conference on Artificial Intelligence, value £7,276
Date received: 6 February 2026
Date accepted: 6 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 15777119
(Registered 17 March 2026)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Hilary Lavery
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Secretary
Working pattern: Full time

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Ian Lavery yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Ian Lavery has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£335,327.49 paid out to or for Ian Lavery across 215 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Ian Lavery’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £251,152.56 (6 claims)

Office Costs — £44,004.31 (167 claims)

Accommodation — £31,362.10 (32 claims)

MP Travel — £8,009.70 (5 claims)

Staff Travel — £798.82 (5 claims)

Most recent claims

Bought-in services — £1,900.00, 2026-02-10 — Professional & consultancy

Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £213.77, 2026-01-26 — CLEAR BUSINESS

Mobile telephone - equipment purchase — £59.00, 2026-01-09 — SKY MOBILE

Training - staff — £90.00, 2025-12-11 — SQ CLENNELL EDUCATION

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £386.77, 2025-12-11 — Landline

Mobile telephone - equipment purchase — £59.00, 2025-12-09 — SKY MOBILE

Bought-in services — £195.00, 2025-11-25 — Comms & Media

Every claim on file for Ian Lavery →

Early Day Motions

Ian Lavery has tabled 3 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 89 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Ian Lavery personally tabled — not motions Ian Lavery may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled

Action Mesothelioma Day 2026 — tabled 2026-07-01, 28 sponsors

Pet-inclusive homelessness and temporary accommodation — tabled 2026-07-01, 24 sponsors

Liushenyu mining disaster and workers’ safety — tabled 2026-06-01, 37 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Ian Lavery is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Ian Lavery personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Ian Lavery is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.