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Kerry McCarthy vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Paul Holmes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,094 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,052 different votes 1,094 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
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API