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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 174 shared comparable votes.

135 same votes 39 different votes 174 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
15 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
52.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
186
47.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
195
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£225,810
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£225,810
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
6 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
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Transport
67 of 88 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