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Bill Esterson vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

344 same votes 2 different votes 346 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
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,703
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
953
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
750
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
95
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 80 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API