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Katie Lam vs Sarah Champion

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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Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sarah Champion voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 237 different votes 243 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 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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
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
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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