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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,497 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,436 different votes 1,497 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
26 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 12 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
106 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 177 shared votes
69 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
142 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 213 shared votes
71 Aye 142 No
30 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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