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John Lamont vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 418 different votes 423 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
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
56 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
40 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
56 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
40 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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 87 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,828
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
885
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
943
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

162
+74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
64
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
257
+103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
512
+358.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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