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Paul Davies vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 366 different votes 374 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
39 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
39 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
620 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
48.7% of votes cast
288
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
217
51.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
108
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
61
-101.0 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Contributions
132
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Tax
103 of 114 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Trade
8 of 10 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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