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Kerry McCarthy vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

1,114 same votes 1 different votes 1,115 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
105 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
105 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
50 Aye 57 No
39 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
105 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
50 Aye 57 No
39 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
107
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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