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Naz Shah vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 968 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 922 different votes 968 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
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
53 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 105 shared votes
53 Aye 52 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 122 shared votes
42 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
9
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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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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