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Ruth Jones vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,071 shared comparable votes.

1,069 same votes 2 different votes 1,071 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
87 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
87 Aye 44 No
50 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
50 Aye 71 No
33 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
33 Aye 83 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
87 Aye 44 No
50 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
50 Aye 71 No
33 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
33 Aye 83 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,696
2,406 eligible divisions
704
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
55.8% of votes cast
650
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.2% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Appearances
67
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
86
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
93
-67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
6
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

#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 80 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API