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Esther McVey vs Chris Ward

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 Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 211 different votes 216 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 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.1% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.9% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 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 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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