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Esther McVey vs Matt Rodda

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 Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Matt Rodda voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,103 different votes 1,159 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 14 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 111 shared votes
59 Aye 52 No
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
791
45.6% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Education
70 of 76 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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