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Amanda Martin vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Amanda Martin
Amanda Martin
Lab Portsmouth North
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Amanda Martin and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 313 different votes 321 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 96 of 650
Participation
68.6 %
4 % below average
Rank 459 of 650
476
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
558 eligible divisions
236
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
48.6 % of votes cast
240
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
197
51.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

125
+55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
85
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
151
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
94
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£205,664
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£205,664
9 % below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
15
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API