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Katie Lam vs Sarah Edwards

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 Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sarah Edwards voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 218 different votes 221 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 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
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 533 of 647
373
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
716 eligible divisions
181
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
56.8 % of votes cast
192
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
198
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

79
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Appearances
40
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
61
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£237,152
5 % 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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
94 of 135 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API