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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 1,062 shared comparable votes.

1,060 same votes 2 different votes 1,062 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 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
87 Aye 43 No
50 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
50 Aye 68 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 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
87 Aye 43 No
50 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
50 Aye 68 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

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649

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
5
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
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API