Katie Lam MP: votes, interests and costs
Katie Lam represents Weald of Kent in the House of Commons for Conservative. Current post: Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, held since 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Katie Lam, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 31 August 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Transport Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 18 November 2024 | 31 August 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a7fc58130bfb.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 14 entries for Katie Lam: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (8), Miscellaneous (2), Shareholdings (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). The most recent was registered on 26 October 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan - £2,550.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Hyatt hotel accommodation for Conservative Party Conference
- Value of the benefit: £2,550.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-03
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-03
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-10-07
- Name of the donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Lord (Philip) Harris - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-15
- Name of the donor: Lord (Philip) Harris
- Status of the donor: Individual
Lord (Philip) Harris - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-15
- Name of the donor: Lord (Philip) Harris
- Status of the donor: Individual
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 on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-08-07
- The type of interest: Other
Lord Philip Harris - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-08-17
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-08-17
- Name of the donor: Lord Philip Harris
- Status of the donor: Individual
Lord Philip Harris - £2,500.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-15
- Name of the donor: Lord Philip Harris
- Status of the donor: Individual
Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan - £7,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £7,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-22
- Name of the donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Lord Philip Harris - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-28
- Name of the donor: Lord Philip Harris
- Status of the donor: Individual
Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan - £7,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £7,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-26
- Name of the donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan - £7,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £7,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-14
- Name of the donor: Selvanayagam Pankayachelvan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Governor at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children in London. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in CC Technologies
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: CC Technologies
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Legal technology start-up
Shares in The Katie Lam Company
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: The Katie Lam Company
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Very small company that is the vehicle for my theatrical work.
Property in Guildford
- Location of the land or property: Guildford
- A description of the property: House
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £176,745 for Katie Lam in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £30,373 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £176,745.29 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,373.18 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,580.35 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £1,962.86 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Weald of Kent CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager ×2 (permanent part time), Executive Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (casual), Researcher (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 426 votes by Katie Lam in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 45 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 22 June 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Katie Lam voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 144 written questions have been tabled by Katie Lam, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Treasury.
Planning: Mayors
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Planning powers for mayors in England, of 24 August 2026, para 17, whether there will be any public planning hearing before a mayor dir …
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 50 of her Department's response to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system consultation, pu …
Council Tax: Exemptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation outcome, Modernising and improving the administration of council tax - government response, updated 15 April 2026, para 37, what the timetable …
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11667 on MHCLG: Remote Working, whether office attendance data for staff in the London HQ is collated in the same manner and sh …
Empty Property: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13628, on Empty Property: Council Tax, and with reference to her Department's document entitled Guidance on the implementation o …
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11404 on MHCLG: Departmental Responsibilities, whether the commitments for each of the programmes for the years outside the Spe …
Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18188 on Devolution, if she will summarise the 43 requests; and what the response was for each of those requests.
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 1 September 2026 on Direction of Government, Official Report, column 28, whether (a) Cornwall and (b) other local au …
Council Tax: Arrears
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the (a) change in amount and number of council tax arrears since 2024-25 and (b) number of arrears referred for enforcement.
Council Tax: Surcharges
|To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the joint consultation document entitled High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published on 19 May 2026, if he will make it her policy to include a single person discount for the proposed High Value C …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 67dcad375445. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Katie Lam.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,422 for Katie Lam in Weald of Kent in July 2024, from 20,202 votes on a turnout of 66.7%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Weald of Kent figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.