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Kerry McCarthy vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kerry McCarthy and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.
454 same votes
5 different votes
459 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
78.6%
6% above average
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
1,891
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
1,059
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
82
-9.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
113
+21.2 vs Commons average
109
-50.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
635
+475.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API