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Alex Brewer vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and Esther McVey voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 169 shared comparable votes.

128 same votes 41 different votes 169 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
16 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 502 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
389
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
214
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
175
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,635
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

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