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James Murray vs Katie Lam

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

Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

James Murray and Katie Lam voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 222 different votes 226 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.1 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,181
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
629
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
552
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
219
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 23 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Migration
130 of 152 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Education
57 of 68 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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