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Kerry McCarthy vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Richard Foord voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 568 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 243 different votes 568 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 51 No
Migration 97% aligned 68 shared votes
15 Aye 53 No
18 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 1 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 14% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
54 Aye 25 No
Tax 24% aligned 79 shared votes
38 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 36% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 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
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
654
1,072 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
350
53.5 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
304
46.5 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

74
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
100
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 649
Contributions
255
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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