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Stephen Doughty vs John Lamont

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
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Photograph of John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and John Lamont voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,182 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,126 different votes 1,182 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
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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