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Emma Lewell vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Esther McVey voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 968 different votes 1,037 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
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 17 No
Benefits 15% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
50 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 90 shared votes
44 Aye 46 No
81 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 134 shared votes
51 Aye 83 No
41 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 130 shared votes
46 Aye 84 No
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

72
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Appearances
108
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
74
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
159
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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