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Esther McVey vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 226 different votes 232 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.5% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.5% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API