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Kerry McCarthy vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Ed Miliband voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,220 shared comparable votes.

1,216 same votes 4 different votes 1,220 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
91 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
91 Aye 46 No
23 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
23 Aye 100 No
34 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
34 Aye 62 No
25 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 170 shared votes
106 Aye 64 No
91 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
91 Aye 46 No
23 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
23 Aye 100 No
34 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 96 shared votes
34 Aye 62 No
25 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,877
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
2,374 eligible divisions
1,050
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
722
55.3% of votes cast
827
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

79
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
54
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
107
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Contributions
633
+492.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
171 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API