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Kerry McCarthy vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 450 shared comparable votes.

437 same votes 13 different votes 450 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
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
32 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
32 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
48.8% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.4% 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
106
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
111
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 650
Contributions
155
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 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