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Sarah Pochin vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Katie Lam voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 119 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 10 different votes 119 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 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 647
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 647
206
361 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
547 eligible divisions
87
42.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
48.5 % of votes cast
119
57.8 % of votes cast
No votes
192
51.5 % of votes cast
7
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Appearances
79
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
76
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
Contributions
88
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Migration
7 of 9 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API