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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.

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Joe Robertson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 369 different votes 374 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
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
75.2%
2% above average
Rank 309 of 649
1,870
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
580 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
195
44.7% of votes cast
820
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
241
55.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
153
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
255
+117.9 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API