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Nigel Farage vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Bill Esterson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 140 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 131 different votes 140 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
15
-128.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
No topic data
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
No topic data
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
No topic data
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
No topic data
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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