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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 228 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 226 different votes 228 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
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 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
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 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
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
Participation
84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 106 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
575 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
48.6 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
250
51.4 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650

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
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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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