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Kerry McCarthy vs Alan Strickland

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alan Strickland voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 480 shared comparable votes.

467 same votes 13 different votes 480 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
66 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
66 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
66 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 650
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
564
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
50.2% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
281
49.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.1% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
42
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
111
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 650
Contributions
43
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Transport
32 of 32 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API