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Katie Lam vs Jim Dickson

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

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Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
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Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 323 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
131
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
128
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
Contributions
147
+4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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