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Catherine West vs Katie Lam

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Katie Lam voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 209 different votes 216 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
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 2% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,694
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
927
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
767
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
65
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 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

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
2
2 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

Education
85 of 95 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API