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Bill Esterson vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,381 different votes 1,456 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
106 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 165 shared votes
59 Aye 106 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 13 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API