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Dame Meg Hillier vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,299 different votes 1,356 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
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
40 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 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 346 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
9
2 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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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