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John Healey vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of John Healey
John Healey
Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

John Healey and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 903 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 862 different votes 903 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
8 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
40 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 77 shared votes
40 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 60 No
Migration 5% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 103 shared votes
31 Aye 72 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,432
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
813
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
619
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
417
+273.5 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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

£3,242,299
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£320,971
42% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
69 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Migration
125 of 171 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
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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