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John Whitby vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 240 different votes 245 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
524
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
266
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
258
49.2% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 413 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

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API