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Mike Martin vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Bill Esterson voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 196 different votes 248 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 3 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 34 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 650
Participation
70.9%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
347
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,387 eligible divisions
194
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.7% of votes cast
153
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
749
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

117
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Appearances
59
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
153
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Contributions
82
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
41
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API