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Lewis Cocking vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Bill Esterson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 323 different votes 330 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
211
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
249
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
162
+19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API