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Katie Lam

Conservative MP for Weald of Kent, since 4 July 2024

Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Katie Lam is the Conservative MP for Weald of Kent, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Scorecard

68.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
368 Votes cast out of 590 divisions, plus 33 as teller
189 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
12 Interests declared 4 at £5,000 or more
130 Debates spoken in 143 written questions tabled

Ranked 407 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No vote 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No vote 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No vote 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No vote 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Lord (Philip) Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 15 September 2026
Date accepted: 15 September 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 28 May 2026
Date accepted: 28 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 4 June 2026; updated 18 August 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 15 July 2026
Date accepted: 15 July 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 July 2026; updated 18 August 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

Name of donor: Lord Philip Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 17 August 2026
Date accepted: 17 August 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 August 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

£7,000

Name of donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,000
Date received: 22 June 2026
Date accepted: 22 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£7,000

Name of donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,000
Date received: 26 February 2026
Date accepted: 26 February 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 27 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

£7,000

Name of donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,000
Date received: 14 November 2025
Date accepted: 14 November 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Guildford
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 20 Nov 2025

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: CC Technologies
Nature of business: Legal technology start-up
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 19 Aug 2025

Name of company or organisation: The Katie Lam Company
Nature of business: Very small company that is the vehicle for my theatrical work.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Director of The Katie Lam Media Company Limited (company number 17388145), a company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 7 August 2026. I am the sole director and a person with significant control.
Date interest arose: 7 August 2026
(Registered 25 August 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

Governor at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children in London. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

130 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

6 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £33,500 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
15 Jul 2026 Katie Lam sitting MP Lord Philip Harris Individual Cash £2,500
22 Jun 2026 Katie Lam sitting MP Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan Individual Cash £7,000
28 May 2026 Katie Lam sitting MP Lord Philip Harris Individual Cash £5,000
26 Feb 2026 Katie Lam sitting MP Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan Individual Cash £7,000
14 Nov 2025 Katie Lam sitting MP Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan Individual Cash £7,000
25 Mar 2025 Katie Lam sitting MP The Knole Club Unincorporated Association Cash £5,000

Public contracts recorded for South East, the region this seat sits in: 6026 awards worth £29.3bn →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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