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Kerry McCarthy vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alex Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 14 different votes 417 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
56 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 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
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
53.0% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
111
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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