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John Lamont vs Sarah Pochin

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 Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

174 same votes 8 different votes 182 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 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 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 97 of 649
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
221
389 eligible divisions
864
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
97
43.9 % of votes cast
926
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
124
56.1 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48 % above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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