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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 94% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 10 different votes 154 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
8 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
8 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

58.9%
14% below average
Rank 580 of 650
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 650
255
433 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
619 eligible divisions
117
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
48.8% of votes cast
138
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
216
51.2% of votes cast
7
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
105
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
134
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Contributions
125
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Tax
103 of 114 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 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
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API