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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 370 shared comparable votes.

369 same votes 1 different votes 370 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
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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
14 of 14 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
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API