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Gareth Thomas vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 185 different votes 189 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 501 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,531
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
879
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
652
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
130
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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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Voting source Commons Votes API