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Chris Law vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

920 same votes 95 different votes 1,015 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
104 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
104 Aye 74 No
37 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Energy 64% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
97 Aye 60 No
Tax 71% aligned 157 shared votes
109 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 91% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
78.6%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,406 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,059
56.0% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
832
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
82
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
69
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
109
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API