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Charlie Dewhirst vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Bill Esterson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 262 different votes 268 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 8 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 488 of 650
Participation
70.9 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 650
377
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,667
2,350 eligible divisions
165
43.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
936
56.1 % of votes cast
212
56.2 % of votes cast
No votes
731
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
55
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
103
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Contributions
85
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
5
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
4 of 5 votes
#5
Work / Employment
61 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

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