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John Lamont vs Deirdre Costigan

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 Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 343 different votes 350 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 650
Participation
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
1,778
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
558 eligible divisions
860
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
52.0 % of votes cast
918
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
244
48.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

140
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Appearances
19
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 650
222
+98.2 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Contributions
30
-93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 555 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
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
81 of 85 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 161 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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