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Alison McGovern vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Katie Lam voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 226 different votes 232 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
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,620
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
715
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
294
+185.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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