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John Lamont vs Paul Waugh

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 Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Paul Waugh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 386 different votes 398 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
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
39 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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 96 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 649
1,788
2,104 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
573 eligible divisions
864
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
50.0 % of votes cast
924
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
254
50.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

142
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Appearances
133
+56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
229
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
159
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23 % below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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 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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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