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Katie Lam vs Jim McMahon

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
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Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Jim McMahon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 280 different votes 296 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Contributions
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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