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Jas Athwal vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Jas Athwal and Esther McVey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 221 different votes 223 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 650
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 650
477
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,356
2,094 eligible divisions
231
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
621
45.8 % of votes cast
246
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
735
54.2 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
90
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
75
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Contributions
111
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£164,547
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 85 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
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