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Kerry McCarthy vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Jim Allister voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 308 different votes 345 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 26% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 21% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 1 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
194
+112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
107
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Contributions
252
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API