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John Lamont vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Liz Kendall voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,157 different votes 1,199 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
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 19 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
60 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
97 Aye 61 No
60 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 108 shared votes
47 Aye 61 No
75 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 112 shared votes
34 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
35 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
27 Aye 3 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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