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Esther McVey vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Dan Carden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,010 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 963 different votes 1,010 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
3 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 23% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 21 No
Migration 7% aligned 76 shared votes
18 Aye 58 No
45 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 83 shared votes
41 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 92 No
Tax 0% aligned 132 shared votes
92 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Committee of the whole House: New Clause 6 27 Mar 2023
Migration
No
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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