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Kerry McCarthy vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Chris McDonald voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 12 different votes 404 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
62 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
62 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
62 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 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
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 259 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
49.4% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
94
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
111
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
414
+244.8 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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