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Kerry McCarthy vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 555 shared comparable votes.

554 same votes 1 different votes 555 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
60 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
60 Aye 38 No
51 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
51 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
60 Aye 38 No
51 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
51 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.9 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,840
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
1,035
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
805
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
56
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
72
-45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
443
+325.2 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
58 of 64 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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