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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 208 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 205 different votes 208 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
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 163 of 647
Participation
64.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 647
444
542 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
2,073 eligible divisions
217
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
45.7 % of votes cast
227
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
728
54.3 % of votes cast
8
1.8 % 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

25
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 647
Appearances
86
+20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 647
75
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 647
Contributions
108
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 647

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API