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Kerry McCarthy vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,609 shared comparable votes.

1,605 same votes 4 different votes 1,609 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
119 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
119 Aye 77 No
109 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
109 Aye 72 No
68 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
68 Aye 75 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
54 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 79 shared votes
54 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
119 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
119 Aye 77 No
109 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
109 Aye 72 No
68 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
68 Aye 75 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,775
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
958
54.0% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
52
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
110
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Contributions
63
-90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API