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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 87 shared comparable votes.

86 same votes 1 different votes 87 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 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 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
5 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 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

32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
170
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,334
2,057 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
608
45.6 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
726
54.4 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

14
-46.8 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Appearances
77
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 647
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Contributions
109
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API