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James Naish vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

James Naish and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 209 different votes 215 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
434
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
212
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
222
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
9
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
213
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£186,058
18% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
15
6 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API