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Graeme Downie vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 1 different votes 303 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
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API