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Esther McVey vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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 Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 840 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 799 different votes 840 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 12 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
48 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 86 shared votes
41 Aye 45 No
44 Aye 26 No
Migration 4% aligned 70 shared votes
23 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
65 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
55.8%
17% below average
Rank 602 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
55.1% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
595
44.9% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 10 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
3
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
6
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
175 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 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
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 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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