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Kerry McCarthy vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,314 shared comparable votes.

1,064 same votes 250 different votes 1,314 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
92 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
92 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 84 No
Migration 97% aligned 111 shared votes
24 Aye 87 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 10 No
Education 31% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
106 Aye 51 No
Tax 54% aligned 157 shared votes
88 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 29 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 23 No
Benefits 64% aligned 44 shared votes
25 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
837
54.2 % of votes cast
818
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
708
45.8 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
141
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
176
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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