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Kerry McCarthy vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 242 different votes 295 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 29% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 20 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 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
62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
575 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
190
52.8 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
170
47.2 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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