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Esther McVey vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,058 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,003 different votes 1,058 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 13 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
49 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 95 shared votes
48 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 88 No
Tax 0% aligned 134 shared votes
88 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API