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Bill Esterson vs Saqib Bhatti

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

Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 916 different votes 953 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
25 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 80 No
Migration 4% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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