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Anna Gelderd vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Anna Gelderd
Anna Gelderd
Lab South East Cornwall
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Anna Gelderd and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 201 different votes 207 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 464 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
191
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
210
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£153,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£153,512
32% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 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
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 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
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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