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Emily Darlington vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Emily Darlington and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 324 different votes 331 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
521
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
274
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
247
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

90
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
118
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£124,936
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£124,936
45% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
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
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