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Katie Lam

Conservative MP for Weald of Kent, since 4 July 2024

Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

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 Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

Scorecard

69.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
364 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 33 as teller
178 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
8 Interests declared 4 at £5,000 or more
128 Debates spoken in 101 written questions tabled

Ranked 384 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No vote 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 No vote 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 Aye 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 Aye 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No vote 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 Aye 230–256

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)

£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

£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)

On the register since 16 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

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

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

Money declared to them

5 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £31,000 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
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: 5734 awards worth £28.7bn →


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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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