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John Lamont vs Ashley Dalton

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

Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
vs
Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 497 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 470 different votes 497 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 2 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
54 Aye 23 No
Migration 4% aligned 77 shared votes
20 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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