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Esther McVey vs Josh Babarinde

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 Josh Babarinde
Josh Babarinde
LD Eastbourne

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

159 same votes 44 different votes 203 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
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 96% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 429 of 650
1,395
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
631 eligible divisions
641
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
54.5% of votes cast
754
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
200
45.5% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

139
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Appearances
126
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
182
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
148
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 253 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
2
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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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