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Esther McVey vs Derek Twigg

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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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Derek Twigg voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 809 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 760 different votes 809 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 9 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 14% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 83 shared votes
44 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 19 No
Migration 6% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
69 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% 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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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