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Kerry McCarthy vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,404 shared comparable votes.

1,402 same votes 2 different votes 1,404 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
125 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
125 Aye 68 No
67 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
67 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
76 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 110 shared votes
76 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
Energy 98% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
125 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
125 Aye 68 No
67 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
67 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
76 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 110 shared votes
76 Aye 34 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 223 of 649
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 649
1,872
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,883
2,368 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
54.4% of votes cast
822
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
858
45.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
51
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
107
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
67
-72.4 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
61 of 66 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API