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Sir Stephen Timms vs Katie Lam

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

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Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
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Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Katie Lam voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 257 different votes 274 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 33 No
Tax 3% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
8
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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