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Kerry McCarthy vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 0 different votes 419 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
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
210
+127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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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