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Esther McVey vs Carolyn Harris

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 Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,044 different votes 1,090 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 12 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
48 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 102 shared votes
57 Aye 45 No
67 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 95 shared votes
26 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 90 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
90 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 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
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 49 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
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