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Alistair Strathern vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 307 different votes 315 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 26 No
Migration 9% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
41 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
589
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
304
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
285
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

61
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
105
+26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
70
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
146
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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