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Douglas Lumsden vs Jim Dickson

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

Photograph of Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden
Con Aberdeen South
vs
Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and Jim Dickson voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 52 shared comparable votes.

0 same votes 52 different votes 52 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
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
89.1%
17% above average
Rank 29 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
631 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
48.2% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
291
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
181
+86.8 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
219
+54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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