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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs John Lamont

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

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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,015 different votes 1,052 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 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
94 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 288 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,250
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
668
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
582
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

13
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
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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