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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 1,756 shared comparable votes.

1,750 same votes 6 different votes 1,756 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 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 233 shared votes
148 Aye 85 No
81 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
81 Aye 67 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
30 Aye 40 No
Trade 99% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
148 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 233 shared votes
148 Aye 85 No
81 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
81 Aye 67 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

79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
1,870
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,949
2,366 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,082
55.5% of votes cast
820
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
867
44.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
136
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
555
+417.9 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Education
84 of 96 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