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Kerry McCarthy vs Ms Polly Billington

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 15 different votes 432 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
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
30 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
30 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 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 226 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.6% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
83
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
111
-57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
126
-42.2 vs Commons average
Rank 313 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
106 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API