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Andrew Western vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 346 different votes 357 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 33 No
Migration 6% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
364
51.1% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
298
+154.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
8
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
50 of 58 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