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John Lamont vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,267 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,213 different votes 1,267 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
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 103 shared votes
47 Aye 56 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Contributions
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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