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Gerald Jones vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 996 different votes 1,049 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
53 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 102 shared votes
53 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 55 No
Migration 5% aligned 79 shared votes
53 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 129 shared votes
44 Aye 85 No
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
850
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

31
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 546 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

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
62 of 71 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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