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Esther McVey vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,047 different votes 1,099 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 14 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
49 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 101 shared votes
53 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 96 No
Tax 0% aligned 147 shared votes
96 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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