The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Katie Lam vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Andy McDonald voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 300 different votes 318 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 14 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
102 of 112 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API