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Esther McVey vs Michael Payne

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
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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Michael Payne voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 223 different votes 224 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
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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