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Esther McVey vs Olivia Bailey

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 Olivia Bailey
Olivia Bailey
Lab Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Olivia Bailey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 188 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 184 different votes 188 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
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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
72.7%
same as average
Rank 364 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
49.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
216
50.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3% 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
69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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