The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Kerry McCarthy vs Alicia Kearns

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 Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 857 different votes 914 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
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 6 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 41 No
Migration 7% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 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
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
575
49.6% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
584
50.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API