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Rishi Sunak vs Bill Esterson

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Bill Esterson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 781 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 731 different votes 781 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 14 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 8 No
Migration 8% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
45 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 140 shared votes
96 Aye 44 No
9 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 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

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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