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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 1,053 shared comparable votes.

1,006 same votes 47 different votes 1,053 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 27 No
Transport 92% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 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 519 of 649
Participation
68.8 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,625
2,361 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.1 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
860
52.9 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650

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
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 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