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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Esther McVey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 859 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 807 different votes 859 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 3 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 37 No
Migration 6% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 105 shared votes
39 Aye 66 No
21 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Trade
59 of 91 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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
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