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Katie Lam vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 218 different votes 223 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API