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Esther McVey vs Kim Johnson

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 Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson
Lab Liverpool Riverside

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Kim Johnson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 726 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 684 different votes 726 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
4 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 43% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
44 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 87 shared votes
43 Aye 44 No
12 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
58 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 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
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,173
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
595
50.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
578
49.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% 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
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 312 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
£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£286,858
27% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Transport
55 of 64 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Education
56 of 69 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 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 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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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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