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Katie Lam vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 277 different votes 287 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
78 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 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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