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Ms Julie Minns vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Esther McVey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 254 different votes 257 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 60 of 650
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
535
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,390
2,150 eligible divisions
274
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
46.1% of votes cast
261
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
749
53.9% of votes cast
5
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

220
+131.2 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Appearances
114
+25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
245
+90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
156
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API