Official portrait of Katie Lam

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
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 No 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Teller 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Teller 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Teller 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Teller 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 No 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 No 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No vote 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

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

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Debates

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


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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