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Mike Wood vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,355 different votes 1,422 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
22 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 34 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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