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Jo Platt vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 711 shared comparable votes.

708 same votes 3 different votes 711 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
81 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
81 Aye 51 No
35 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
73 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
81 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
81 Aye 51 No
35 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 270 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 650
434
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,856
2,349 eligible divisions
220
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
56.1 % of votes cast
214
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
814
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

32
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
66
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
42
-83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
93
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
2
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API