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Kerry McCarthy vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 5 different votes 437 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
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 650
Participation
85.6%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
1,891
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
620 eligible divisions
1,059
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
49.2% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
270
50.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
84
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
109
-51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
Contributions
144
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 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