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Barry Gardiner vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,227 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,180 different votes 1,227 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
21 Aye 69 No
Migration 6% aligned 90 shared votes
66 Aye 24 No
52 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
60 Aye 52 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 4% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
80 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 143 shared votes
62 Aye 81 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Trade
76 of 88 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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