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John Lamont vs Rachel Reeves

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 Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 948 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 913 different votes 948 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
3 Aye 11 No
Education 14% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
57 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 148 shared votes
90 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 19 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
19 Aye 84 No
30 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 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
50.0%
23% below average
Rank 622 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,189
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
57.2% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
509
42.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
535
+389.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 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
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
166 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
115 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Trade
56 of 91 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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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