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Andy McDonald vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,082 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,027 different votes 1,082 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
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 17 No
Benefits 14% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
48 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 96 shared votes
50 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 132 shared votes
46 Aye 86 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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