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John Lamont vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

John Lamont and Bill Esterson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,337 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,283 different votes 1,337 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 31 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
33 Aye 10 No
52 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 143 shared votes
90 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API