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Esther McVey vs Barry Gardiner

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 Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 994 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 945 different votes 994 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
2 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
48 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 89 shared votes
45 Aye 44 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
59 Aye 21 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
19 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 85 No
Tax 0% aligned 127 shared votes
85 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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