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Katie Lam vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 259 different votes 271 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
14
-131.7 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API