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John Lamont vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Olivia Blake voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 1,006 different votes 1,033 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 4 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 17 No
Housing 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
82 Aye 36 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
33 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 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 318 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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