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Kerry McCarthy vs Charlie Dewhirst

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 329 different votes 334 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
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
57 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
31 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
31 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.6% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
219
56.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18% 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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