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Mike Kane vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Lab Wythenshawe and Sale East
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 999 different votes 1,053 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
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 16 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 12 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
48 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 91 shared votes
44 Aye 47 No
11 Aye 14 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 369 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
976
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
744
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
12 years, 7 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Migration
139 of 171 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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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