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Kerry McCarthy vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

435 same votes 10 different votes 445 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
62 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
62 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
62 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 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
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
1,904
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
633 eligible divisions
1,069
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.4% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
50.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
1.9% 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
73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Education
48 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
30 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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