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Kevin Bonavia vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Kevin Bonavia
Kevin Bonavia
Lab Stevenage
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Kevin Bonavia and Esther McVey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 202 different votes 205 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
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 106 of 647
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 647
465
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,346
2,078 eligible divisions
244
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
617
45.8 % of votes cast
221
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
729
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 647
Appearances
86
+20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 647
88
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 647
Contributions
108
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£183,346
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£183,346
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
2
2 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API