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Catherine McKinnell vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,300 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,248 different votes 1,300 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
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 87 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
83 Aye 35 No
90 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 151 shared votes
60 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,611
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
886
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
725
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
20
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Housing
53 of 66 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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