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Katie Lam vs Jim Shannon

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 Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Jim Shannon voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

296 same votes 19 different votes 315 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
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 85% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 16 No
Benefits 89% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 647
Participation
85.3 %
12 % above average
Rank 91 of 647
373
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,333 eligible divisions
181
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
51.6 % of votes cast
192
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
963
48.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Appearances
1,086
+1019.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
1,307
+1188.9 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
100 of 108 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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