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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,531 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,479 different votes 1,531 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
25 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 132 shared votes
69 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
116 Aye 74 No
Tax 0% aligned 190 shared votes
74 Aye 116 No
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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