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Charlie Maynard vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Charlie Maynard
Charlie Maynard
LD Witney
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Charlie Maynard and Esther McVey voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 173 shared comparable votes.

132 same votes 41 different votes 173 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
13 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 7 No
Education 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 649
386
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
194
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
622
45.7 % of votes cast
192
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
738
54.3 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

76
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
104
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
106
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
Contributions
125
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,545
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£182,545
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
31
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 85 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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