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Dave Doogan vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Bill Esterson voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 603 shared comparable votes.

513 same votes 90 different votes 603 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
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 57% aligned 91 shared votes
63 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 10 No
Benefits 64% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 8 No
Energy 71% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 72% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API