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John Lamont vs Dr Allison Gardner

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 Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 376 different votes 393 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 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 57 No
Tax 1% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 89 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
49.3% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

154
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 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: 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
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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 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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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