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John Lamont vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,157 different votes 1,215 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
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
Contributions
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
83 of 87 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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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