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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,372 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,304 different votes 1,372 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
22 Aye 14 No
Energy 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
110 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
67 Aye 109 No
23 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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