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Grahame Morris vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Grahame Morris
Grahame Morris
Lab Easington
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Grahame Morris and Bill Esterson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,469 shared comparable votes.

1,447 same votes 22 different votes 1,469 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
131 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
131 Aye 73 No
38 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
38 Aye 86 No
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Benefits 88% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
34 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 17 No
Education 98% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 37 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
101 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 155 shared votes
99 Aye 56 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
3% above average
Rank 295 of 650
Participation
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 403 of 650
1,801
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,390 eligible divisions
972
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.7% of votes cast
829
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
749
44.3% of votes cast
34
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
62
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
33
-118.4 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Contributions
87
-64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,919,746
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£302,235
34% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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