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John Lamont vs Mr Douglas Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

John Lamont and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 210 different votes 215 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 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 40 No
Tax 2% aligned 59 shared votes
39 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API