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Angela Rayner vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Angela Rayner and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 979 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 928 different votes 979 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
8 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
50 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 94 shared votes
45 Aye 49 No
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 105 shared votes
35 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
878
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
699
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
357
+213.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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

£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£219,458
3% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
24
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 77 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
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 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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