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Emma Hardy vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Katie Lam voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 215 different votes 229 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 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
391
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Contributions
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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