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Kerry McCarthy vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Ian Roome voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 216 different votes 274 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 22 No
Tax 8% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 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 219 of 650
Participation
54.6%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
1,884
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
325
595 eligible divisions
1,054
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
55.7% of votes cast
830
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
144
44.3% 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
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
100
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
110
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
126
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API