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Esther McVey vs Sammy Wilson

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 Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 943 shared comparable votes.

786 same votes 157 different votes 943 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
7 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 13 No
Energy 96% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 21 No
Defence 59% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 19 No
Migration 62% aligned 77 shared votes
49 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 65% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
6 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
47 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 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 524 of 647
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,440
2,323 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
49.5 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
727
50.5 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
Appearances
91
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
114
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
44 of 59 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: Instruction (Scotland) 29 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10D 17 Apr 2024
No
Aye
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 4 19 Mar 2024
Trade
Aye
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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