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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.

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
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 1,022 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 985 different votes 1,022 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
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 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

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 299 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,212
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
655
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
557
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

8
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
8
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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

£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
3
2 registered categories
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

Migration
139 of 152 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Education
62 of 68 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 41 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 65 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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
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
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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