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Debbie Abrahams vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and John Lamont voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,273 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,232 different votes 1,273 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 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 98 No
Migration 4% aligned 128 shared votes
95 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
892
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
736
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
15 years, 4 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Migration
136 of 169 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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
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