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Kerry McCarthy vs Bridget Phillipson

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,240 shared comparable votes.

1,230 same votes 10 different votes 1,240 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
109 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
109 Aye 51 No
57 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
57 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 No
49 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
49 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 173 shared votes
105 Aye 68 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
109 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
109 Aye 51 No
57 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
57 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 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 228 of 650
Participation
56.1%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,349
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
809
60.0% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
540
40.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
110
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Contributions
518
+364.1 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Education
78 of 96 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
33 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API