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Alex Norris vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,029 different votes 1,081 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
50 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 92 shared votes
45 Aye 47 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 122 shared votes
35 Aye 87 No
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,597
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
891
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
706
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
484
+340.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
33% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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