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Kerry McCarthy vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,015 different votes 1,060 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
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 93 No
Migration 5% aligned 124 shared votes
87 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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