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Liz Kendall vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 971 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 919 different votes 971 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
39 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 81 shared votes
43 Aye 38 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 109 shared votes
37 Aye 72 No
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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