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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 448 shared comparable votes.

447 same votes 1 different votes 448 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 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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
Most different by topic
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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

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

Voting record

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
524
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
266
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
258
49.2% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Contributions
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
2
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API