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Katie Lam vs Graham Stringer

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 Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Graham Stringer voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 204 different votes 224 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
0 Aye 7 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 14% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 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 465 of 649
Participation
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
49.9% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
687
50.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
115
8.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
44
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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