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John Lamont vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Derek Twigg voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 980 different votes 1,033 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
12 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
47 Aye 25 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 No
47 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 109 shared votes
61 Aye 48 No
11 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
83 of 87 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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