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Joani Reid vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Joani Reid
Joani Reid
Ind East Kilbride and Strathaven
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Joani Reid and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 151 different votes 154 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

59.0 %
14 % below average
Rank 582 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 649
335
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
146
43.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
622
45.7 % of votes cast
189
56.4 % of votes cast
No votes
738
54.3 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

12
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Appearances
105
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
14
-119.3 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
124
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£199,569
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
7
5 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

Housing
29 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Transport
20 of 29 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 85 votes
Education
33 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API