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John Lamont vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Jo Platt voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 692 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 669 different votes 692 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
10 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
38 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 109 shared votes
71 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 87 No
Tax 0% aligned 139 shared votes
87 Aye 52 No
15 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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 95 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,786
2,101 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
570 eligible divisions
862
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
51.1 % of votes cast
924
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
215
48.9 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

142
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
228
+93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649
Contributions
42
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
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
81 of 85 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 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
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
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