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John McDonnell vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,425 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,374 different votes 1,425 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
30 Aye 12 No
Education 10% aligned 42 shared votes
10 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
92 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
63 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
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