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John Lamont vs Jim Shannon

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 Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Jim Shannon voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,591 shared comparable votes.

1,266 same votes 325 different votes 1,591 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
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 95% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
81 Aye 143 No
Tax 91% aligned 224 shared votes
95 Aye 129 No
17 Aye 37 No
Education 91% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 176 shared votes
65 Aye 111 No
24 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 53% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 21 No
Benefits 56% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
79 Aye 36 No
Migration 57% aligned 115 shared votes
75 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 24 No
Housing 59% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 63% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 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 97 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
864
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
926
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Appearances
1,221
+1143.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
1,524
+1385.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above 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
83 of 87 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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