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Charlotte Nichols vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,151 shared comparable votes.

1,150 same votes 1 different votes 1,151 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
102 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
102 Aye 54 No
29 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
29 Aye 93 No
52 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
52 Aye 53 No
42 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
42 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
102 Aye 54 No
29 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
29 Aye 93 No
52 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
52 Aye 53 No
42 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
42 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,268
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
653
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
615
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
20
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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