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John Lamont vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

John Lamont and Apsana Begum voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 924 different votes 966 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
2 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 23 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
65 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 118 shared votes
57 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

154
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Trade
83 of 87 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API