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John Lamont vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

John Lamont and John McDonnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,466 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,413 different votes 1,466 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 33 No
Education 9% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
63 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
92 Aye 64 No
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 22 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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