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John Lamont vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

John Lamont and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 76 different votes 323 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
28 Aye 50 No
Tax 96% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% 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
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API