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How John Lamont votes

John Lamont voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 210 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

John Lamont has 8 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPIan McVeigh - £10,000.0022 May 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJohn James - £2,500.003 Dec 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPRob Harding - £5,000.0030 Oct 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPMarco Compagnoni - £5,000.0029 Oct 2025
MiscellaneousI am a member of the Rail Action Group East of Scotland (RAGES).26 Jun 2017
MiscellaneousSolicitor (non-practising).26 Jun 2017
MiscellaneousI am a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.26 Jun 2017
MiscellaneousI am a trustee of the St Abbs Lifeboat Trust.26 Jun 2017

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

John Lamont asked 64 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Education11
Department for Culture, Media and Sport9
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7
Scotland Office7
Ministry of Defence6

Latest questions

16 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 23 Jun 2026
9 Jun 2026 · to the Wales Office
Answered 17 Jun 2026
20 Apr 2026 · to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 28 Apr 2026
10 Apr 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 28 Apr 2026
10 Apr 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 16 Apr 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£33,447
Office costs · claims for running an office£25,919
Staffing · claims relating to staff£4,728
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,800

127 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

John Lamont represents Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
John Lamont

Conservative

MAJORITY
6,599

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

John Lamont won with 41% of the votes, and David Wilson (Scottish National Party) came second with 26%.

Votes for each party

Conservative41% · 18,872
Scottish National Party26% · 12,273
Labour14% · 6,311
Liberal Democrat8% · 3,686
Reform UK7% · 3,340
Scottish Green Party3% · 1,526
Everyone else1% · 550
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
John LamontConservative18,87240.5%
David WilsonScottish National Party12,27326.4%
Caitlin StottLabour6,31113.6%
Ray GeorgesonLiberal Democrat3,6867.9%
Carolyn GrantReform UK3,3407.2%
Neil MacKinnonScottish Green Party1,5263.3%
Ellie MertonIndependent3290.7%
Hamish Goldie-ScotScottish Family Party2210.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£711 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this