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Kerry McCarthy vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,517 shared comparable votes.

1,514 same votes 3 different votes 1,517 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
125 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
125 Aye 70 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
39 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
39 Aye 95 No
46 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
104 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
125 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
125 Aye 70 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
39 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
39 Aye 95 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API