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Kerry McCarthy vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Torsten Bell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 1 different votes 356 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
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 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 221 of 649
Participation
71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 395 of 649
1,862
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
570 eligible divisions
1,047
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.9 % of votes cast
815
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
184
45.1 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
76
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
99
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
342
+207.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API