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Esther McVey vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and James Murray voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 744 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 710 different votes 744 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
45 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 86 shared votes
43 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
61 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
757
+611.1 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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