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Esther McVey vs Monica Harding

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Monica Harding voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

146 same votes 41 different votes 187 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
6 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 26 No
Tax 95% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 650
1,395
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
631 eligible divisions
641
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
52.9% of votes cast
754
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
195
47.1% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

139
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Appearances
176
+81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
182
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
214
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£225,810
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£225,810
same as average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
6 registered categories
2
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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API