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Linsey Farnsworth vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 239 different votes 244 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
516
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
265
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
251
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 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

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Energy
20 of 20 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