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Esther McVey vs Tracy Gilbert

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 Tracy Gilbert
Tracy Gilbert
Lab Edinburgh North and Leith

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Tracy Gilbert voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 210 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 203 different votes 210 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 5 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 259 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
50.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
54
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 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
£204,572
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£204,572
10% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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