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Emma Hardy vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,032 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 978 different votes 1,032 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
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 99 shared votes
50 Aye 49 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 93 shared votes
69 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 123 shared votes
41 Aye 82 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
391
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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 145 7 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
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