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Kerry McCarthy vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Steve Barclay voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,363 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,313 different votes 1,363 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
97 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 169 shared votes
72 Aye 97 No
26 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
68 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 130 shared votes
66 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
119 Aye 66 No
Tax 0% aligned 185 shared votes
66 Aye 119 No
23 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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