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John Lamont vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,299 different votes 1,356 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
16 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 38 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
40 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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