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Gregory Stafford vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Bill Esterson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 268 different votes 276 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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