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Lisa Smart vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Esther McVey voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

160 same votes 41 different votes 201 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
20 Aye 30 No
Tax 96% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 91% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
418
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,395
2,162 eligible divisions
232
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
45.9% of votes cast
186
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
754
54.1% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

200
+106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Appearances
135
+41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
277
+113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
178
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
25
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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