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Kerry McCarthy vs David Williams

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and David Williams voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.

446 same votes 14 different votes 460 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
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
50.8% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
261
49.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
2.8% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
111
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 650
Contributions
93
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£176,534
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£176,534
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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