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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,106 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,053 different votes 1,106 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 8 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 18 No
Benefits 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
50 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 102 shared votes
53 Aye 49 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 132 shared votes
47 Aye 85 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
37 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
816
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
26
1.4% 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

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Transport
81 of 95 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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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