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Esther McVey vs Olivia Blake

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 Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Olivia Blake voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 740 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 709 different votes 740 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 7 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 5 No
Housing 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
47 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 86 shared votes
40 Aye 46 No
8 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
61 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
7
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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