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Esther McVey vs Jeremy Corbyn

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 Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 936 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 849 different votes 936 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 11 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 25% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 9 No
Education 23% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 24 No
Defence 13% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
49 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 87 shared votes
43 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
54 Aye 90 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 144 shared votes
85 Aye 59 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
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
822
55.5% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.5% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
133
+51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
160
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Contributions
181
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 153 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
27
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 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
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 20 Jan 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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