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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.


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 1 different votes 356 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

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
6
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

Housing
31 of 32 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 112 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API