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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 138 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 132 different votes 138 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

30.7 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
78.9 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 650
170
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,847
2,340 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.1 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
811
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

15
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
55
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
17
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Contributions
76
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 353 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
0
0 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
Education
83 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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