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Kerry McCarthy vs Jade Botterill

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 Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Jade Botterill voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

337 same votes 1 different votes 338 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
53 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
53 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
575 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.9 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
226
48.1 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Appearances
3
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
100
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
3
-135.6 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2 % 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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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