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Esther McVey vs Damien Egan

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 Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Damien Egan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 241 different votes 247 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
676 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
257
53.3% 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, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
25
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£245,488
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£233,152
3% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
21 of 23 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 31 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
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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