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Esther McVey vs Sarah Russell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 212 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 209 different votes 212 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
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 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 524 of 647
Participation
84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
537 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
52.0 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
217
48.0 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
Appearances
70
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
104
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API