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John Whitby vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 425 shared comparable votes.

424 same votes 1 different votes 425 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 650
499
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,851
2,344 eligible divisions
258
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
56.2 % of votes cast
241
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
811
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Appearances
65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
75
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
94
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API