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Olivia Blake vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,111 shared comparable votes.

1,104 same votes 7 different votes 1,111 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
100 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
100 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
35 Aye 82 No
40 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
40 Aye 53 No
42 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
42 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 19 No
Benefits 88% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 97% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
100 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
100 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
35 Aye 82 No
40 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
40 Aye 53 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,229
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
646
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
583
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % 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

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 517 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

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
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

Education
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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