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John Lamont vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 394 different votes 401 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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 86 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 134 of 650
1,829
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
885
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
49.8% of votes cast
944
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
258
50.2% 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

169
+76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Appearances
256
+163.9 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
269
+108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Contributions
307
+146.9 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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