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Bill Esterson vs Victoria Collins

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 Victoria Collins
Victoria Collins
LD Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Victoria Collins voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 229 different votes 273 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 409 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 468 of 649
1,681
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
580 eligible divisions
943
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
53.2% of votes cast
738
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
184
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
92
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
80
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
113
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 276 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
£204,083
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£204,083
10% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API