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Nigel Farage vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 135 different votes 141 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
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

0.0 %
73 % below average
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
0
0 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
35
7 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

No topic data
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
No topic data
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
No topic data
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
No topic data
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
No topic data
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API