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Peter Fortune vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Bill Esterson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 288 different votes 297 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API