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Shivani Raja vs John Lamont

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

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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East
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Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and John Lamont voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

347 same votes 0 different votes 347 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
23 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
23 Aye 47 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
23 Aye 47 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
4
4 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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