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Katie Lam vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

290 same votes 0 different votes 290 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
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 100 of 647
373
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,078 eligible divisions
181
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
871
49.3 % of votes cast
192
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
896
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

79
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Appearances
26
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
33
-85.1 vs Commons average
Rank 543 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
100 of 108 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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