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Matt Vickers vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Matt Vickers and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,034 different votes 1,060 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
12 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
82 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
32 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

78.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,292
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
618
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
674
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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

£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£295,321
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
4
2 registered categories
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
48 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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