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Kerry McCarthy vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,436 shared comparable votes.

1,430 same votes 6 different votes 1,436 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
124 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
124 Aye 66 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
26 Aye 85 No
53 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
53 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
124 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
124 Aye 66 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
26 Aye 85 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 228 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
55.9% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
700
44.1% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
223
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API