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Esther McVey vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 286 different votes 291 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
39 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
39 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% 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
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
547
+401.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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