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Oliver Ryan vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Oliver Ryan
Oliver Ryan
Lab Burnley
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Oliver Ryan and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 0 different votes 345 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
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.0%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
484
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
227
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
257
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

36
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£234,505
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£234,505
4% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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
14 of 14 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Transport
27 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API