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Shabana Mahmood vs Katie Lam

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Katie Lam voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 115 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 100 different votes 115 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
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
1,267
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
587 eligible divisions
730
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
537
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
12
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
107
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
845
+704.4 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
128
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API