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John Lamont vs Jack Abbott

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 Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Jack Abbott voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 376 different votes 385 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
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
39 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 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
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 13 of 647
1,768
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
547 eligible divisions
855
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
249
50.0 % of votes cast
913
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
249
50.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

128
+61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
204
+86.2 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Contributions
27
-90.8 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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
£181,106
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,106
20 % below average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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
80 of 84 votes
#1
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Education
49 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
149 of 161 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
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
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API