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Kerry McCarthy vs Paul Davies

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
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Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Paul Davies voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

477 same votes 1 different votes 478 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
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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
94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
51.1% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
272
48.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
108
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,533
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£194,533
14% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
30 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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