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John Lamont vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,231 different votes 1,277 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
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
46 Aye 39 No
Migration 6% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
16 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 34 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
36 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 147 shared votes
88 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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: 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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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