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Katie Lam vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
49 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
49 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.4%
4% below average
Rank 451 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
429
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
633
796 eligible divisions
206
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
326
51.5% of votes cast
223
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
307
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

109
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
87
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
134
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
99
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Tax
103 of 114 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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
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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