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Tristan Osborne vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Tristan Osborne
Tristan Osborne
Lab Chatham and Aylesford
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Tristan Osborne and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 343 different votes 351 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
38 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
38 Aye 49 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

93.2%
21% above average
Rank 8 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
550
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
278
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
272
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 649
Appearances
107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
53
-89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,007
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£200,007
12% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
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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