The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Mr James Frith vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 560 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 537 different votes 560 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 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 7 No
Transport 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
69 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 106 shared votes
32 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
36 Aye 63 No
16 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
3 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 5 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API