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John Lamont vs David Taylor

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 David Taylor
David Taylor
Lab Hemel Hempstead

Voting alignment

John Lamont and David Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 372 different votes 379 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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 86 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 650
1,829
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
620 eligible divisions
885
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
49.8% of votes cast
944
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

168
+75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
34
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
268
+106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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