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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 576 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 246 different votes 576 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
34 of 44 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API