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Jake Richards vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and John Lamont voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 305 different votes 310 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 378 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
4
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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