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Kerry McCarthy vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

1,362 same votes 15 different votes 1,377 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
107 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
107 Aye 60 No
71 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
71 Aye 58 No
37 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
37 Aye 71 No
30 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 179 shared votes
111 Aye 68 No
107 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
107 Aye 60 No
71 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
71 Aye 58 No
37 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
37 Aye 71 No
30 Aye 37 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

78.9%
7% above average
Rank 224 of 650
Participation
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 650
1,890
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,396 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
853
57.2% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
639
42.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
110
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Contributions
433
+281.0 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 76 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 76 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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