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John Lamont vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,732 shared comparable votes.

1,703 same votes 29 different votes 1,732 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
86 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 169 shared votes
86 Aye 83 No
38 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 75 shared votes
38 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Housing 94% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 48 No
Trade 95% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 39 No
Education 96% aligned 56 shared votes
15 Aye 41 No
72 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 180 shared votes
71 Aye 109 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
1,838
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
887
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
46.9% of votes cast
951
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

170
+75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
271
+106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650
Contributions
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye rebel
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
No rebel
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 85 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API