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Esther McVey vs Ms Julie Minns

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 Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 229 different votes 231 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
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
Participation
85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 81 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
575 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
261
52.8 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
233
47.2 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
197
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API