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Katie Lam vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 172 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 155 different votes 172 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
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 16 No
Tax 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
128
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
349
+206.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
102 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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