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Esther McVey vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 655 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 623 different votes 655 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
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
38 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
60 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
5
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
5
-140.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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