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Ed Miliband vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Katie Lam voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 108 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 104 different votes 108 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
662
+516.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Contributions
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API