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Ruth Cadbury vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,085 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,034 different votes 1,085 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 8 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
51 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 105 shared votes
55 Aye 50 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 140 shared votes
47 Aye 93 No
32 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
78 of 96 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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