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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 161 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 157 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% 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
4 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 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
4 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
57.6%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
340
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
167
49.1% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
173
50.9% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
301
+157.5 vs Commons average
Rank 57 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
7
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 32 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Tax
79 of 112 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 20 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
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
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
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