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Mr Angus MacDonald vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Mr Angus MacDonald and Esther McVey voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 181 shared comparable votes.

146 same votes 35 different votes 181 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 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 93% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

58.7%
14% below average
Rank 584 of 650
Participation
64.6%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 650
368
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,395
2,158 eligible divisions
200
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
45.9% of votes cast
168
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
754
54.1% of votes cast
15
4.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

58
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
132
+38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
82
-80.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Contributions
175
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£196,056
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£196,056
13% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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