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Kerry McCarthy vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.

1,430 same votes 5 different votes 1,435 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
124 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
124 Aye 62 No
39 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
39 Aye 94 No
58 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
58 Aye 51 No
28 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
110 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 177 shared votes
113 Aye 64 No
124 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
124 Aye 62 No
39 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
39 Aye 94 No
58 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
58 Aye 51 No
28 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 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 223 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
1,872
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,574
2,368 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.9% of votes cast
822
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
679
43.1% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
40
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
107
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Contributions
45
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API