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Kerry McCarthy vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 1 different votes 413 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
58 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
58 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
58 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
1,851
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
504
558 eligible divisions
1,040
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
262
52.0 % of votes cast
811
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
242
48.0 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Appearances
9
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 650
92
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Contributions
9
-115.8 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Defence
64 of 70 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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