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Peter Kyle vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Peter Kyle
Peter Kyle
Lab Hove and Portslade
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Peter Kyle and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 956 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 909 different votes 956 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
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
45 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 88 shared votes
47 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
3 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
850
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
639
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
229
+85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,110,937
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£262,107
16% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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
60 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Migration
122 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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