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Kerry McCarthy vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Brian Mathew voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 281 different votes 323 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
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,876
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
587 eligible divisions
1,050
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.9% of votes cast
826
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
189
49.1% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.9% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
82
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
107
-34.2 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
92
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API