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John Lamont vs Sarah Russell

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 Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 398 different votes 403 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 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 87 of 650
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 139 of 650
1,828
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
619 eligible divisions
885
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
50.4% of votes cast
943
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
254
49.6% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

163
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
100
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
259
+104.2 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
149
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
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