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Esther McVey vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Pat McFadden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 977 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 924 different votes 977 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 14 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 14 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 5% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 103 shared votes
71 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 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
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
No
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