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Jo Stevens vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Jo Stevens
Jo Stevens
Lab Cardiff East
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Jo Stevens and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,045 different votes 1,099 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
10 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,763
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
962
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
801
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
171
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£253,083
12% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
77 of 96 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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