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Matthew Patrick vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Esther McVey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 224 different votes 227 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 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
475
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
231
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
244
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
9
1.9% 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

30
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API