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Kerry McCarthy vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 467 shared comparable votes.

456 same votes 11 different votes 467 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
65 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
65 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
65 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 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 224 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 650
1,904
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
633 eligible divisions
1,069
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
164
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API