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Katie Lam vs David Burton-Sampson

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

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Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
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David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 324 different votes 333 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
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
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
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 649
Participation
87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 61 of 649
397
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
575 eligible divisions
192
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
52.8 % of votes cast
205
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
236
47.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
53
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649
111
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Contributions
56
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15 % below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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
102 of 111 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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