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Kerry McCarthy vs Catherine Atkinson

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Catherine Atkinson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 15 different votes 431 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
57 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
57 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
57 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
509
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
51.1% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
48.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
2.9% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
106
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
111
-57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
194
+25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£207,563
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£207,563
8% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
41 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
29 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API