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Kerry McCarthy vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 734 shared comparable votes.

731 same votes 3 different votes 734 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
81 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
81 Aye 51 No
35 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
72 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 112 shared votes
73 Aye 39 No
81 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
81 Aye 51 No
35 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
32
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
107
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
32 of 32 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
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
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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