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Esther McVey vs Kate Osborne

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 Kate Osborne
Kate Osborne
Lab Jarrow and Gateshead East

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Kate Osborne voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 676 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 635 different votes 676 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 8 No
NHS / Health 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 9 No
Housing 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
5 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 7 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,065
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
548
51.5% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
517
48.5% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
15
1.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,466,346
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£344,831
52% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
131 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
41 of 53 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
34 of 44 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Education
50 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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