Kerry McCarthy — Hear, Hear

Voting record

8

Voted for

0

Voted against

1

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Kerry McCarthy’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Kerry McCarthy voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Kerry McCarthy doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2024-07-09 to 2025-09-07) Government

Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero) — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2022-06-29 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Transport) — Department for Transport (2020-04-10 to 2021-12-04) Shadow

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2015-09-14 to 2016-06-26) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2011-10-07 to 2015-09-14) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Treasury) — HM Treasury (2010-10-08 to 2011-10-07) Shadow

Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2010-05-12 to 2010-10-08) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions (2010-05-06 to 2010-10-08) Shadow

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) — Whips Office (Commons) (2009-06-10 to 2010-05-06) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Kerry McCarthy →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK
Address of donor: 483 Green Lanes, London N13 4BS
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2073.55), medical screening tests (£340.00), accommodation (£360.94) and wider expenses (£237.56), value £3,012.04
Destination of visit: Indonesia and Malaysia
Dates of visit: 26 March 2026 to 10 April 2026
Purpose of visit: Conservation visit with cross-party MPs to see work of the charity in action and impact of deforestation and palm oil supply chain on Borneo, hosted by international conservation organisation
(Registered 21 May 2026)

Health & social care

Name of donor: Tibetan Central Administration
Address of donor: Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street NW8 7AF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International return flight London to Delhi (£900), internal return flight Delhi to Dharamshala (£170), Delhi hotel accommodation (£150) and Dharamshala hotel accommodation (£450), value £1,670
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 25 May 2026 to 30 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To meet with Tibetan officials, including the Dalai Lama, to discuss how we can support the cause of Tibetan independence.
(Registered 11 June 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Kerry McCarthy yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Kerry McCarthy has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£316,833.29 paid out to or for Kerry McCarthy across 131 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Kerry McCarthy’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £249,069.14 (1 claim)

Office Costs — £32,545.71 (106 claims)

Accommodation — £28,718.74 (10 claims)

MP Travel — £4,051.59 (7 claims)

Staff Travel — £1,781.32 (3 claims)

Miscellaneous — £666.79 (4 claims)

Most recent claims

Equipment - purchase — £200.00, 2026-03-24 — Other office equipment

Equipment - purchase — -£78.62, 2026-03-24 — Office furniture

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £146.00, 2026-02-17

Stationery & printing — £289.90, 2026-02-11 — CARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COM

Stationery & printing — £660.62, 2026-02-10 — STAPLES

Stationery & printing — £289.90, 2026-02-10 — CARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COM

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £70.64, 2026-01-12 — Landline

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £70.26, 2026-01-06 — Landline

Every claim on file for Kerry McCarthy →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Kerry McCarthy — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Kerry McCarthy’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Kerry McCarthy is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Snooker — Co-Chair

Declared funding: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (£13,501-15,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Jordan Group — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

San Marino All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association — about £14,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Snooker).

World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association — about £14,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Kerry McCarthy personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Kerry McCarthy is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.