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Mr Douglas Alexander vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and John Lamont voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 210 different votes 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 20 No
Tax 2% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API