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Liz Twist vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,363 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,305 different votes 1,363 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
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 88 No
Migration 4% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,780
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
972
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
808
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

101
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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