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Esther McVey vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 213 different votes 217 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 649
Participation
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
568 eligible divisions
622
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
240
52.7 % of votes cast
738
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.3 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
Appearances
33
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
124
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
40
-92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
66 of 85 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
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