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Kerry McCarthy vs Harriet Cross

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 Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Harriet Cross voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 283 different votes 287 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
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 1% aligned 77 shared votes
27 Aye 50 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 648
Participation
73.6 %
same as average
Rank 357 of 648
1,820
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
526 eligible divisions
1,031
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
46.3 % of votes cast
789
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
208
53.7 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Appearances
93
+32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
Contributions
166
+57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
18 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 28 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API