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Katie Lam vs James Murray

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

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

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and James Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 245 different votes 250 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
36 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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