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Kerry McCarthy vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 536 shared comparable votes.

535 same votes 1 different votes 536 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
67 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

80
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
108
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API