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Kerry McCarthy vs Sean Woodcock

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 491 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 10 different votes 491 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
64 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
64 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
64 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 223 of 650
Participation
93.5%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 650
1,902
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
631 eligible divisions
1,067
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
50.2% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
294
49.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.5% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
107
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API