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Kerry McCarthy vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Steve Darling voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 275 different votes 326 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 3% aligned 71 shared votes
31 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
Participation
67.1%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
1,870
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
580 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
54.2% of votes cast
820
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
23 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