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Bill Esterson vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 288 different votes 296 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
76.9%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
590 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
45.4% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
251
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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