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Esther McVey vs Rachel Taylor

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 Rachel Taylor
Rachel Taylor
Lab North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 198 different votes 202 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 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 520 of 649
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 649
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
568 eligible divisions
622
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4 % of votes cast
738
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
Appearances
92
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
124
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Contributions
144
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
66 of 85 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API