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Esther McVey vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Ruth Jones voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 750 different votes 790 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 12 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
50 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 91 shared votes
43 Aye 48 No
9 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 13 No
Transport 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
65 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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 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
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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