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Sarah Champion vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 234 different votes 239 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 649
Participation
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 649
1,657
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
397
575 eligible divisions
906
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
48.4 % of votes cast
751
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
205
51.6 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
100
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
83
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 111 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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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