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Samantha Dixon vs Kerry McCarthy

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

Photograph of Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston
vs
Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 622 shared comparable votes.

621 same votes 1 different votes 622 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
48 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
48 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
19 Aye 54 No
33 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
48 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
19 Aye 54 No
33 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 339 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
725
984 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
357
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
368
50.8 % 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
3 years, 8 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
277
+138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Trade
20 of 23 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Migration
83 of 97 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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