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John Lamont vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Esther McVey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,320 shared comparable votes.

1,284 same votes 36 different votes 1,320 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
63 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
63 Aye 111 No
87 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
87 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 31 No
Transport 94% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
57 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 119 shared votes
57 Aye 62 No
15 Aye 11 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
62 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 160 shared votes
58 Aye 102 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 90 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
1,843
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,167 eligible divisions
889
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
643
46.0% of votes cast
954
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
755
54.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

173
+77.4 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
145
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
274
+107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650
Contributions
189
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
3
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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Second Reading 20 Jun 2022
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 49 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill Lords Amendments Motion to disagree LA1 15 Nov 2021
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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