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Louise Haigh vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Lab Sheffield Heeley
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Louise Haigh and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 986 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 935 different votes 986 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
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 12 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
45 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 93 shared votes
51 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 114 shared votes
36 Aye 78 No
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

65.0%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,545
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
887
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
658
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
214
+70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 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

£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£226,069
same as average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
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
64 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Transport
70 of 95 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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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