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James MacCleary vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

James MacCleary and John Lamont voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 70 different votes 270 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 44 No
Tax 94% aligned 67 shared votes
21 Aye 46 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
364
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
189
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
175
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
99
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
Contributions
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
5
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API