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Katie Lam vs Josh Dean

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 Josh Dean
Josh Dean
Lab Hertford and Stortford

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Josh Dean voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 341 different votes 350 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 650
Participation
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 650
401
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
595 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
278
50.0% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
278
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Appearances
56
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
128
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Contributions
63
-84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£169,396
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£169,396
25% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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