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Matt Bishop vs Katie Lam

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Katie Lam voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 192 different votes 198 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
6
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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