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John Lamont vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 392 different votes 405 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
63.7 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 649
1,786
2,101 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
758 eligible divisions
862
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
48.0 % of votes cast
924
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
251
52.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

140
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Appearances
101
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
226
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
377
+243.2 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
11 of 12 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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