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Gareth Thomas vs Kerry McCarthy
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Thomas and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,430 shared comparable votes.
1,425 same votes
5 different votes
1,430 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.4 %
6 % below average
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
1,568
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
894
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
674
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
14
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API