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Kerry McCarthy vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

1,186 same votes 19 different votes 1,205 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
104 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
104 Aye 43 No
62 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
62 Aye 56 No
23 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
23 Aye 82 No
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
104 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
104 Aye 43 No
62 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
62 Aye 56 No
23 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
23 Aye 82 No
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 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
53.2%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
1,902
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,285
2,417 eligible divisions
1,067
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
739
57.5% of votes cast
835
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
546
42.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
84
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
1,001
+836.4 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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