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Brian Mathew vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 273 different votes 307 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
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 514 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 650
367
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,856
2,349 eligible divisions
185
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
56.1 % of votes cast
182
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
814
43.9 % of votes cast
11
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

67
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
66
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
74
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
93
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API