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John Lamont vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

John Lamont and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 890 different votes 924 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
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
67 Aye 30 No
Migration 4% aligned 97 shared votes
26 Aye 71 No
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
871
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
932
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

154
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
5
-140.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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