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Chris Bloore vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Chris Bloore and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 203 different votes 207 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
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
433
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
211
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
222
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£167,691
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£167,691
26% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API