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Esther McVey vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,049 different votes 1,100 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 12 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 13% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
48 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 93 shared votes
47 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 87 No
Tax 0% aligned 135 shared votes
87 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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