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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 851 shared comparable votes.

846 same votes 5 different votes 851 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
74 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
74 Aye 59 No
47 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
47 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 94 shared votes
68 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
74 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
74 Aye 59 No
47 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
47 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API