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Katie Lam vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Jesse Norman voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

277 same votes 0 different votes 277 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
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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