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Kerry McCarthy vs Cat Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kerry McCarthy and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,545 shared comparable votes.
1,537 same votes
8 different votes
1,545 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.1%
7% above average
Participation
72.1%
same as average
1,890
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
24
-62.9 vs Commons average
110
-41.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API