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Kerry McCarthy vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,175 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 1,147 different votes 1,175 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
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
99 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 150 shared votes
49 Aye 101 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 96 No
Migration 0% aligned 129 shared votes
96 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
13 Aye 35 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API