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Ms Diane Abbott vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Diane Abbott
Lab Hackney North and Stoke Newington
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Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Katie Lam voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 195 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 176 different votes 195 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
28
-114.3 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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