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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,516 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,449 different votes 1,516 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
28 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 6% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
134 Aye 74 No
Tax 0% aligned 208 shared votes
74 Aye 134 No
29 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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