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Kerry McCarthy vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Priti Patel voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,195 different votes 1,236 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
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 72 No
Migration 3% aligned 93 shared votes
69 Aye 24 No
105 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
63 Aye 110 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
119 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 180 shared votes
61 Aye 119 No
27 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
39 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 55 shared votes
16 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API