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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 605 shared comparable votes.

515 same votes 90 different votes 605 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

47.6%
25% below average
Rank 626 of 650
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
804
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,696
2,406 eligible divisions
437
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
55.8% of votes cast
367
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

94
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
68
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
159
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
Contributions
94
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650

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
2
2 registered categories
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
50 of 56 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 80 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