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Kerry McCarthy vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and John Lamont voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,477 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,426 different votes 1,477 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
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
96 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 161 shared votes
64 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 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 221 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
152
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

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