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Keir Mather vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 0 different votes 400 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
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API