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Kerry McCarthy vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,772 shared comparable votes.

1,766 same votes 6 different votes 1,772 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
148 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 234 shared votes
148 Aye 86 No
82 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 152 shared votes
82 Aye 70 No
39 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
39 Aye 104 No
51 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 75 shared votes
51 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 42 No
Transport 100% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
33 Aye 40 No
Trade 99% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
148 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 234 shared votes
148 Aye 86 No
82 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 152 shared votes
82 Aye 70 No
39 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
39 Aye 104 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,092
55.2% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
153
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
110
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Contributions
647
+493.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% 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
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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