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John Lamont vs Rebecca Smith

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 Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 2 different votes 369 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
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
33 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
8 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
33 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
8 Aye 32 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
1,838
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
631 eligible divisions
887
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
47.5% of votes cast
951
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
233
52.5% 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
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

170
+75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
169
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
271
+106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650
Contributions
301
+136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
No
Aye rebel
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API