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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.

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

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Katie Lam voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 307 different votes 311 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 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

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649

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
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
102 of 112 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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