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Graham Stringer vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Esther McVey voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 805 shared comparable votes.

130 same votes 675 different votes 805 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
39 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 61% aligned 85 shared votes
30 Aye 55 No
7 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 20% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 28 No
Transport 15% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 21 No
Trade 12% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 649
Participation
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,364
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,368
2,111 eligible divisions
683
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
45.8% of votes cast
681
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
742
54.2% of votes cast
112
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
107
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
42
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
156
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
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
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