The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Mary Kelly Foy vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Esther McVey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 658 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 621 different votes 658 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
NHS / Health 38% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 17% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 9 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 5 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
26 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,101
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
559
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
542
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 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

Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
58 of 70 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API