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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.

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,165 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,165 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
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
61 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 123 shared votes
61 Aye 62 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£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
9
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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