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Sarah Pochin vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 175 different votes 191 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
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 1 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Contributions
108
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API