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Esther McVey vs Tom Rutland

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Tom Rutland voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 220 different votes 225 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API