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Kerry McCarthy vs Phil Brickell

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Phil Brickell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 1 different votes 398 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
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 219 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
48.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
239
51.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
122
+39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 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
£179,925
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£179,925
20% 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API