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Jess Asato vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 192 different votes 196 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
10 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 647
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
428
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,064 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
611
45.7 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.3 % of votes cast
13
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

28
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 647
Appearances
80
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 647
33
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 647
Contributions
110
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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