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Leigh Ingham vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Leigh Ingham
Leigh Ingham
Lab Stafford
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Leigh Ingham and Katie Lam voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 246 different votes 255 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
395
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
195
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
200
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Contributions
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£240,870
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£240,870
6% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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