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Kerry McCarthy vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 1 different votes 382 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
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 223 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 650
1,857
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
565 eligible divisions
1,043
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
52.4 % of votes cast
814
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.6 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Appearances
27
-45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
97
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
33
-95.7 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
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