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Esther McVey vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Matt Bishop voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 153 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 151 different votes 153 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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 519 of 649
Participation
53.2 %
19 % below average
Rank 615 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
306
575 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
142
46.4 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
164
53.6 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
32
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Tax
77 of 111 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API