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John Lamont vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,309 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,267 different votes 1,309 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
17 Aye 19 No
Benefits 8% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
96 Aye 33 No
Migration 4% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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