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Ashley Dalton vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 305 different votes 317 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 41 No
Migration 5% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
1
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Energy
23 of 32 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
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 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
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
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