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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 195 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 192 different votes 195 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
219
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
219
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Energy
18 of 20 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
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
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API