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Peter Swallow vs Kerry McCarthy

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

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Peter Swallow
Lab Bracknell
vs
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Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

424 same votes 2 different votes 426 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
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
245
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
259
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

198
+115.7 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
285
+141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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