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Esther McVey vs Kim Leadbeater

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 589 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 562 different votes 589 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 9 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
32 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,103
1,340 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
571
51.8% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
532
48.2% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
9
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
63 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API