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Dr Sam Rushworth vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Dr Sam Rushworth
Dr Sam Rushworth
Lab Bishop Auckland
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Dr Sam Rushworth and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 200 different votes 206 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.7%
same as average
Rank 361 of 650
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
451
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,391
2,151 eligible divisions
225
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
46.1% of votes cast
226
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
750
53.9% of votes cast
16
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

75
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Appearances
117
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
153
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Contributions
158
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API