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Kerry McCarthy vs Graham Leadbitter

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Graham Leadbitter voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 139 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 88 different votes 139 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 16 No
Tax 14% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 39% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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
27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
164
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
98
59.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
66
40.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
89
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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
£253,574
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£253,574
12% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
8 of 13 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
56 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API