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Kerry McCarthy vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,488 shared comparable votes.

1,472 same votes 16 different votes 1,488 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
126 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
126 Aye 64 No
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
35 Aye 99 No
59 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
59 Aye 59 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
109 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 182 shared votes
110 Aye 72 No
126 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
126 Aye 64 No
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
35 Aye 99 No
59 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
59 Aye 59 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 650
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 650
1,890
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,631
2,390 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
56.0% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
718
44.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
69
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
110
-41.4 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Contributions
341
+189.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
67 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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