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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 1,449 shared comparable votes.

1,444 same votes 5 different votes 1,449 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 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 187 shared votes
124 Aye 63 No
39 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
39 Aye 94 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 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 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 187 shared votes
124 Aye 63 No
39 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
39 Aye 94 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 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

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
51
-103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API