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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 429 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 421 different votes 429 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
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
39 Aye 59 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 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%
23% above average
Rank 2 of 649
Participation
85.0%
13% above average
Rank 93 of 649
548
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,113 eligible divisions
281
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
48.3% of votes cast
267
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
929
51.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Appearances
150
+70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 649
55
-84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Contributions
236
+96.6 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649

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
83 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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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