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Rachel Hopkins vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 828 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 791 different votes 828 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
7 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 15 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 97 shared votes
52 Aye 45 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
36 Aye 65 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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