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Esther McVey vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 345 different votes 355 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 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
37 Aye 17 No
Migration 6% aligned 54 shared votes
14 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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 519 of 649
Participation
73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 339 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
725
984 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
357
49.2 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
368
50.8 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

105
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
62
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
139
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
276
+138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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