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Esther McVey vs Georgia Gould

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 Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould
Lab Queen's Park and Maida Vale

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Georgia Gould voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 152 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 149 different votes 152 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
13 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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 520 of 649
Participation
57.7 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 649
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
328
568 eligible divisions
622
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
49.1 % of votes cast
738
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
167
50.9 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
Appearances
83
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
124
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Contributions
279
+145.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£224,197
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£224,197
1 % 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Tax
79 of 111 votes
Trade
66 of 85 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API