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Kerry McCarthy vs Jake Richards

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
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Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Jake Richards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 1 different votes 335 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
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% 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
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
32 of 32 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Education
44 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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