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Esther McVey vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 978 different votes 1,030 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 38% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
47 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 94 shared votes
48 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 75 No
Tax 0% aligned 120 shared votes
75 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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
34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 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
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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