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Stephen Kinnock vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
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Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Katie Lam voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 276 different votes 284 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
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
26 Aye 48 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,751
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
995
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
756
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 648
Appearances
68
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 648
300
+192.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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