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Aphra Brandreth vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Esther McVey voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 1 different votes 209 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
19 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 509 of 650
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 650
368
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,356
2,094 eligible divisions
173
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
621
45.8 % of votes cast
195
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
735
54.2 % of votes cast
13
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
90
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
111
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
12
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 85 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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