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John Lamont vs Joe Powell

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 Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Joe Powell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 357 different votes 365 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 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 650
1,829
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
620 eligible divisions
885
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
46.8% of votes cast
944
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
247
53.2% 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

168
+75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
105
+12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
268
+106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650
Contributions
141
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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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