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Lewis Cocking vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 382 different votes 385 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
448
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
204
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
244
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
155
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API