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Katie Lam vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

297 same votes 7 different votes 304 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
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 442 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
437
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
210
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
227
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

110
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
59
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
136
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Contributions
65
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 499 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 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
110 of 122 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Benefits
25 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API