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Rushanara Ali vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,381 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,326 different votes 1,381 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
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
97 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 159 shared votes
61 Aye 98 No
35 Aye 93 No
Migration 3% aligned 128 shared votes
89 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 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 297 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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