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Shabana Mahmood vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 993 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 951 different votes 993 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
13 Aye 3 No
Education 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,068 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
48.2 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
911
51.8 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
121
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
189
+75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API