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Chris Bryant vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Esther McVey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 952 different votes 1,009 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
7 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 43% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
43 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 81 shared votes
39 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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 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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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