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John Lamont vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 754 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 725 different votes 754 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
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
85 Aye 24 No
Migration 4% aligned 109 shared votes
20 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

154
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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