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Esther McVey vs Colum Eastwood

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
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 602 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 566 different votes 602 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
1 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 43 No
Tax 11% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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