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Rachael Maskell vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,187 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,128 different votes 1,187 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 14% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 13 No
Housing 8% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
53 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 105 shared votes
54 Aye 51 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 148 shared votes
55 Aye 93 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
47
2.4% 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

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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