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Esther McVey vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Ian Roome voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 139 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 36 different votes 139 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
11 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 93% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% 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 214 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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