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Katie Lam vs Sarah Russell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sarah Russell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 330 different votes 336 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
432
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
631 eligible divisions
208
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
266
50.9% of votes cast
224
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
257
49.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
95
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
136
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Contributions
136
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
14
5 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
109 of 121 votes
#1
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API