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Esther McVey vs Yuan Yang

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 Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Yuan Yang voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 221 different votes 226 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 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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 520 of 649
Participation
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 649
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
568 eligible divisions
622
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.1 % of votes cast
738
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
241
51.9 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
Appearances
39
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
125
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
49
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
66 of 85 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API