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Keir Mather vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
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Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 472 shared comparable votes.

471 same votes 1 different votes 472 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
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
1
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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