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Esther McVey vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 204 different votes 207 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
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
Appearances
12
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
12
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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