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Brendan O'Hara vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Katie Lam voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 52 different votes 118 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
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 22 No
Tax 87% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 41% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 0 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Contributions
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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