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Esther McVey vs Alex Baker

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 Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Alex Baker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 210 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 205 different votes 210 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
53.4% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
212
46.6% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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