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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,496 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,423 different votes 1,496 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
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 17 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
91 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 153 shared votes
63 Aye 90 No
15 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
14 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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