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John Lamont vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 1,118 different votes 1,146 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
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
54 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 146 shared votes
92 Aye 54 No
81 Aye 30 No
Migration 3% aligned 111 shared votes
27 Aye 84 No
11 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
62 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 111 shared votes
49 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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 99 of 647
Participation
62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
1,768
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
2,333 eligible divisions
855
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
809
55.6 % of votes cast
913
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
645
44.4 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

128
+61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
Appearances
72
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
204
+84.9 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
Contributions
110
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
80 of 84 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Migration
149 of 161 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes
#5
Defence
45 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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