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Alan Strickland vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
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Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and John Lamont voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 395 different votes 409 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
39 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
520
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
260
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
260
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Appearances
152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
34
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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