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Esther McVey vs Dr Marie Tidball

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 Dr Marie Tidball
Dr Marie Tidball
Lab Penistone and Stocksbridge

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Dr Marie Tidball voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 197 different votes 200 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 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 216 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
428
537 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
48.4 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
221
51.6 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
Appearances
34
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
44
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£221,186
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£221,186
2 % below average
6
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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 Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API