Compare

Steve Reed vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Katie Lam voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 166 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 164 different votes 166 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.4 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 647
1,450
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
365
537 eligible divisions
854
58.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
174
47.7 % of votes cast
596
41.1 % of votes cast
No votes
191
52.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647
Appearances
78
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 647
350
+236.2 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 647
Contributions
87
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
4
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Trade
65 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API