The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Katie Lam vs Patrick Hurley

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 Patrick Hurley
Patrick Hurley
Lab Southport

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Patrick Hurley voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 304 different votes 322 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
38 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 55 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
52.1% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£214,468
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£214,468
5% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API