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Esther McVey vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 194 different votes 197 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
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 150 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
537 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.0 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
214
48.0 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % 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
56
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
72
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 358 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % 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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
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