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Paul Davies vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and John Lamont voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 461 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 453 different votes 461 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
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
40 Aye 59 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
8 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
85.0%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,829
2,151 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
885
48.4% of votes cast
288
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
944
51.6% 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, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

51
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
166
+76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
61
-95.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Contributions
263
+106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
0
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 90 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 189 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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