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Esther McVey vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,023 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 978 different votes 1,023 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 11 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 15% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
51 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 99 shared votes
52 Aye 47 No
12 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 79 No
Tax 0% aligned 122 shared votes
79 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 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
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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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