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Kerry McCarthy vs Tom Rutland

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
Photograph of Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Tom Rutland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 1 different votes 418 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
57 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
57 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.0% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
32 of 32 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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