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Katie Lam vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Esther McVey voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 0 different votes 206 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
21 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 650
Participation
64.6%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
401
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,126 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
113
+27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
128
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Contributions
164
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API