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Alan Gemmell vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and John Lamont voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 355 different votes 361 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 100 of 650
451
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,094 eligible divisions
236
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
48.3 % of votes cast
215
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
920
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
134
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
213
+87.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Trade
81 of 85 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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