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Fred Thomas vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 1 different votes 351 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
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
26 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
26 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.9 %
4 % below average
Rank 452 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
396
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
231
58.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
165
41.7 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

43
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 649
Appearances
73
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
57
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Contributions
99
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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