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Esther McVey vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,000 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 953 different votes 1,000 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 11 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 96 shared votes
55 Aye 41 No
12 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 83 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
83 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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