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Esther McVey vs Mr James Frith

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 Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Mr James Frith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 560 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 537 different votes 560 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
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 20 No
Transport 7% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 106 shared votes
69 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
63 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% 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
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 5 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
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