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Kerry McCarthy vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 290 different votes 351 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7% of votes cast
818
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
170
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
214
+75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API