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Katie Lam vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 174 different votes 176 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
12 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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 473 of 647
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 647
365
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,446
2,323 eligible divisions
174
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.9 % of votes cast
191
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
638
44.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

78
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 647
Appearances
63
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 647
87
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 647
Contributions
93
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
100 of 108 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API