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Kerry McCarthy vs David Davis

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

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Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
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David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and David Davis voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

107 same votes 1,165 different votes 1,272 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
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 16% aligned 106 shared votes
66 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 32 No
Trade 13% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
46 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 84 shared votes
40 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 10% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

79
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
107
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 649
Contributions
81
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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