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Kerry McCarthy vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 382 different votes 385 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
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
32 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
5 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
32 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
5 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
575 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
204
45.5 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
244
54.5 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Appearances
104
+26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
100
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 649
Contributions
154
+15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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