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Esther McVey vs Emily Darlington

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Emily Darlington voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 247 different votes 253 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.6% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.4% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45% 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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