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Kerry McCarthy vs Gareth Snell

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Gareth Snell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 795 shared comparable votes.

779 same votes 16 different votes 795 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
82 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
82 Aye 57 No
36 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
35 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
33 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 104 shared votes
65 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 21 No
Transport 95% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
82 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
82 Aye 57 No
36 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 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 223 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
1,902
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
631 eligible divisions
1,067
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
49.3% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
279
50.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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