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Katie Lam vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 0 different votes 234 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
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% 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

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Appearances
148
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
128
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
Contributions
184
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 157 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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