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Catherine West vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Catherine West and John Lamont voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,291 different votes 1,336 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
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
40 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 11 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
98 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 161 shared votes
62 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 347 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
943
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
790
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
51
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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
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
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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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