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Kerry McCarthy vs Nigel Farage

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Nigel Farage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 146 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 139 different votes 146 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 9 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
35
7 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
No topic data
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
No topic data
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
No topic data
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API