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Esther McVey vs Suella Braverman

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Suella Braverman voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 1,048 shared comparable votes.

1,001 same votes 47 different votes 1,048 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
59 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
59 Aye 97 No
50 Aye 99 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
50 Aye 99 No
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 53% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 92% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
44 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 86 shared votes
44 Aye 42 No
56 Aye 29 No
Migration 95% aligned 85 shared votes
58 Aye 27 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
69.4 %
4 % below average
Rank 448 of 647
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,613
2,323 eligible divisions
613
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
47.0 % of votes cast
728
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
855
53.0 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
Appearances
38
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 647
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
Contributions
40
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 513 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
194 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Trade
66 of 84 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API