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Kerry McCarthy vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,595 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,512 different votes 1,595 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
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 18 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
110 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 185 shared votes
74 Aye 111 No
42 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 16 No
Benefits 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API