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Kerry McCarthy vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 1 different votes 419 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
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API