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Kerry McCarthy vs Joe Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Joe Robertson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 385 different votes 391 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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 226 of 650
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 303 of 650
1,891
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
620 eligible divisions
1,059
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
46.1% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
251
53.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Appearances
186
+93.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
109
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
326
+164.4 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Tax
96 of 114 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API