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John Lamont vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Jim McMahon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,290 different votes 1,344 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
16 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
95 Aye 35 No
Migration 4% aligned 130 shared votes
32 Aye 98 No
29 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
83 of 87 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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