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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,036 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 990 different votes 1,036 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
17 Aye 42 No
Migration 7% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
81 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 129 shared votes
47 Aye 82 No
24 Aye 33 No
Trade 4% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 134 shared votes
48 Aye 86 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

55.2 %
18 % below average
Rank 604 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,303
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
747
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
556
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
19
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

36
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Trade
59 of 91 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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