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Esther McVey vs Elaine Stewart

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 161 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 156 different votes 161 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 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
160
44.1% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
203
55.9% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
36
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API