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Andy McDonald vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,336 different votes 1,394 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
17 Aye 19 No
Benefits 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
14 Aye 34 No
94 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
63 Aye 95 No
28 Aye 100 No
Migration 3% aligned 128 shared votes
96 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
995
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
792
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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