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Chris Evans vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Chris Evans and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 992 different votes 1,044 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
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
51 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 97 shared votes
49 Aye 48 No
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 4% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 130 shared votes
51 Aye 79 No
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
941
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
766
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
19
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 574 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

£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£290,268
28% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
5
4 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

Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
56 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
58 of 71 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 143 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
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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