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Kerry McCarthy vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and John Cooper voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 364 different votes 368 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
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
53 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
34 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
4 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
34 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
4 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API