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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 489 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 467 different votes 489 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 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
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 647
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
350
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
2,068 eligible divisions
188
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
45.7 % of votes cast
162
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
728
54.3 % of votes cast
12
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 647
Appearances
83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
88
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 647
Contributions
109
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Tax
76 of 108 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 Sep 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
No
George Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA) 27 Mar 2019
No
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