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Mr David Lammy vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Mr David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Lab Tottenham
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mr David Lammy and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 784 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 741 different votes 784 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
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 2 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
40 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 81 shared votes
42 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
20 Aye 58 No
21 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

48.7%
24% below average
Rank 623 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,156
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
696
60.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
460
39.8% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
11
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
26 years, 3 months
Since 22 Jun 2000
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
751
+605.1 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£268,880
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Crime / Justice
123 of 230 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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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