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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.


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

398 same votes 1 different votes 399 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
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
28 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
28 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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
9
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API