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Dame Chi Onwurah vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,305 different votes 1,366 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 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
94 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 154 shared votes
59 Aye 95 No
16 Aye 15 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
37 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 647
1,765
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,068 eligible divisions
989
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
48.2 % of votes cast
776
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
911
51.8 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

76
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 647
Appearances
121
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 647
103
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
Contributions
189
+75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
14
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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 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
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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