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Esther McVey vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 124 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 119 different votes 124 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
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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