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Charlie Dewhirst vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 339 different votes 344 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
32 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
57 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
57 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
Participation
79.1%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 650
399
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,890
2,390 eligible divisions
174
43.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
225
56.4% of votes cast
No votes
832
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
125
-26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Contributions
110
-41.4 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18% 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

Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
96 of 114 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API