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Esther McVey vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 233 different votes 238 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API