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John Lamont vs Mr James Frith

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 Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Mr James Frith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 700 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 668 different votes 700 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 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 80 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
80 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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
83 of 87 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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