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John Grady vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of John Grady
John Grady
Lab Glasgow East
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

John Grady and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 222 different votes 228 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
492
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
238
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
254
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
17
3.5% 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

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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

£180,531
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£180,531
20% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
3 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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