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John Lamont vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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 Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 419 different votes 427 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 43 of 650
1,829
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
544
620 eligible divisions
885
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.6% of votes cast
944
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
274
50.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

168
+77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Appearances
107
+16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
267
+108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
129
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 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: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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