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Esther McVey vs Lee Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Lee Anderson voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 755 shared comparable votes.

710 same votes 45 different votes 755 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
30 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
30 Aye 64 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
47 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 13 No
Transport 95% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 95% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
Participation
75.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,214
1,605 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
608
50.1 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
606
49.9 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
Appearances
49
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
71
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 50 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 58 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API