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Nigel Farage vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Esther McVey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 100 shared comparable votes.

99 same votes 1 different votes 100 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
2 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
2 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
2 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

34.1%
38% below average
Rank 637 of 650
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
15
44 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,390
2,150 eligible divisions
5
33.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
46.1% of votes cast
10
66.7% of votes cast
No votes
749
53.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

16
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
114
+25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
18
-136.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Trade
3 of 3 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 13 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Crime / Justice
0 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API