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Katie Lam vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 282 different votes 285 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 647
Participation
78.9 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 647
373
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,333 eligible divisions
181
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2 % of votes cast
192
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
805
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

79
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Appearances
53
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
72
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
100 of 108 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 64 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API