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Esther McVey vs Charlotte Cane

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 Charlotte Cane
Charlotte Cane
LD Ely and East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Charlotte Cane voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 42 different votes 186 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
16 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
55.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
185
45.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% 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
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 477 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
£177,566
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£177,566
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 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: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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