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Kerry McCarthy vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Rachel Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 3 different votes 422 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
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,891
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
620 eligible divisions
1,059
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.2% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
252
48.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Appearances
79
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
109
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
101
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API