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Katie Lam vs Adam Thompson

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

Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
Photograph of Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson
Lab Erewash

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Adam Thompson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 318 different votes 325 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
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 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

68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 647
Participation
92.7 %
20 % above average
Rank 9 of 647
373
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
547 eligible divisions
181
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.9 % of votes cast
192
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
254
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Appearances
67
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
78
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,664
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,664
21 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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

Tax
100 of 108 votes
#1
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
25 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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