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Andrew Western vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 282 different votes 289 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
397
575 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
48.4 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
205
51.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
100
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 111 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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