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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
vs
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 1,215 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,157 different votes 1,215 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
17 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 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
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 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

£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
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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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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