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Esther McVey vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 922 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 884 different votes 922 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 10 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 111 shared votes
71 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
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
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API