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Josh Newbury vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 442 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 13 different votes 442 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
64 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
64 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
64 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
78.7%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 650
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
837
43.9% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

173
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
84
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
205
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
111
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API