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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 1,418 shared comparable votes.

1,416 same votes 2 different votes 1,418 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
68 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
68 Aye 58 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
33 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
33 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
68 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
68 Aye 58 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

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API