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Kerry McCarthy vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 11 different votes 429 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 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
61 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 96% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
61 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
61 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,907
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
1,070
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
837
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% 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
113
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
111
-57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
157
-11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% 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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 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