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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.

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

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Katie Lam voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 48 different votes 114 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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

57.9 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 649
1,366
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
397
575 eligible divisions
752
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
48.4 % of votes cast
614
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
205
51.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Appearances
98
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
78
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
111
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 270 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
8
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 111 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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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