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Kerry McCarthy vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,585 shared comparable votes.

1,574 same votes 11 different votes 1,585 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
119 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
119 Aye 72 No
77 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
77 Aye 71 No
35 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
35 Aye 102 No
29 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
50 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
50 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
119 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
119 Aye 72 No
77 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
77 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 356 of 650
1,890
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,390 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
100
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
110
-41.4 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Contributions
155
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API