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Melanie Onn vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 536 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 513 different votes 536 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 5 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 103 shared votes
40 Aye 63 No
16 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
222
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Tax
94 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No
No
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API