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Mike Reader vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 196 different votes 201 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
419
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
224
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
195
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
11
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
88
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Contributions
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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