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Kerry McCarthy vs Matthew Patrick

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 10 different votes 429 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
60 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
32 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 153 of 650
1,904
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
633 eligible divisions
1,069
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
48.8% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
51.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.7% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
41
-54.4 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
111
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Contributions
109
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API