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Katie Lam vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

265 same votes 0 different votes 265 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
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

107
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
79
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
128
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Contributions
113
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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