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Martin Vickers vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Bill Esterson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,461 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,396 different votes 1,461 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
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 32 No
Energy 6% aligned 47 shared votes
35 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 35 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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