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Mike Martin vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Esther McVey voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 145 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 36 different votes 145 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
14 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
147
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

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