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Bill Esterson vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,039 different votes 1,119 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
24 Aye 63 No
Migration 11% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
99 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 147 shared votes
54 Aye 93 No
20 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
78
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
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
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