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Bill Esterson vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

342 same votes 3 different votes 345 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
49 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
49 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 94% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
49 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
49 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 650
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 650
1,703
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
631 eligible divisions
953
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
50.8% of votes cast
750
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
246
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650
Appearances
110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
95
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
153
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 80 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API