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Bill Esterson vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Shivani Raja voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 231 different votes 238 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
41 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
19 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
19 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.2 %
2 % below average
Rank 410 of 648
Participation
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 574 of 648
1,647
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
321
526 eligible divisions
928
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
157
48.9 % of votes cast
719
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
164
51.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 648
Appearances
3
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 648
80
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 648
Contributions
3
-104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
18 of 22 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Transport
16 of 21 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 75 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 20 Jan 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
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 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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