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Kerry McCarthy vs Kate Dearden

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Kate Dearden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

372 same votes 1 different votes 373 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
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
48.6% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.4% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£175,203
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£175,203
23% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API