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Katie Lam vs Dr Simon Opher

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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Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 299 different votes 307 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 8 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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
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
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: 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
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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