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Esther McVey vs Mike Tapp

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 Mike Tapp
Mike Tapp
Lab Dover and Deal

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Mike Tapp voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 214 different votes 217 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 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
575 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
222
50.3 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
219
49.7 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7 % 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
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 242 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
£191,918
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£191,918
15 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API