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Kerry McCarthy vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

421 same votes 8 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
57 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
57 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
57 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
1,904
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
633 eligible divisions
1,069
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
50.4% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API