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Mary Creagh vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh
Lab Coventry East
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 510 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 487 different votes 510 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
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 10 No
Transport 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
74 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
14 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 517 of 650
Participation
64.6%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
388
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,126 eligible divisions
201
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
187
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
14
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

63
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Appearances
113
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
244
+96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
164
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
29 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Tax
79 of 112 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
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 5 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 4 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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