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Esther McVey vs Steve Reed

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 Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Steve Reed voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 918 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 871 different votes 918 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 10 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 12 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 81 No
Tax 0% aligned 122 shared votes
81 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
428
+284.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
No
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