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Mark Garnier vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,607 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,523 different votes 1,607 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
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
77 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 185 shared votes
110 Aye 75 No
24 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 130 No
Tax 0% aligned 208 shared votes
130 Aye 78 No
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
35 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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