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Esther McVey vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 977 different votes 1,025 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
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
53 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 95 shared votes
45 Aye 50 No
38 Aye 30 No
Migration 6% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 93 No
Tax 0% aligned 146 shared votes
93 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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