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Kerry McCarthy vs Katie Lam

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Katie Lam voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 269 different votes 272 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
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 648
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 648
1,820
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
358
526 eligible divisions
1,031
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
47.2 % of votes cast
789
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
189
52.8 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Appearances
68
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1 % below average
0
0 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 108 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API