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David Simmonds vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and John Lamont voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,190 shared comparable votes.

1,185 same votes 5 different votes 1,190 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
64 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 168 shared votes
64 Aye 104 No
65 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
65 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
97 Aye 40 No
Migration 99% aligned 137 shared votes
99 Aye 38 No
64 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 168 shared votes
64 Aye 104 No
65 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
65 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
7
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API