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John Lamont vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

John Lamont and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,576 shared comparable votes.

1,568 same votes 8 different votes 1,576 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
82 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
82 Aye 122 No
76 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
76 Aye 68 No
103 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
103 Aye 39 No
33 Aye 46 No
Trade 100% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
68 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 174 shared votes
65 Aye 109 No
82 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
82 Aye 122 No
76 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
76 Aye 68 No
103 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
103 Aye 39 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 93 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,814
2,135 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
876
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
47.8% of votes cast
938
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

162
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
257
+105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
86 of 90 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API