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Esther McVey vs Jas Athwal

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 Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Jas Athwal voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 204 different votes 206 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
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 112 of 647
1,334
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
526 eligible divisions
608
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
50.3 % of votes cast
726
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
222
49.7 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 647
Appearances
52
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 647
109
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 647
Contributions
61
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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