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Brian Mathew vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Bill Esterson voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 215 different votes 258 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
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
375
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
188
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.2% of votes cast
187
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
+2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Appearances
56
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
91
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Contributions
79
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API