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Gareth Snell vs Esther McVey

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

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Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
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Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Esther McVey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 574 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 537 different votes 574 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
9 Aye 4 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 15 No
Transport 13% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
66 Aye 36 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 102 shared votes
31 Aye 71 No
13 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
37 Aye 57 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

174
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 5 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 4 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
No
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No
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