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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,550 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,493 different votes 1,550 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
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 95 No
Migration 5% aligned 130 shared votes
91 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
45 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
14 Aye 45 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% 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
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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