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Sarah Champion vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Esther McVey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,041 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 982 different votes 1,041 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
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
74 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 125 shared votes
49 Aye 76 No
6 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 133 shared votes
46 Aye 87 No
24 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
910
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
760
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
10
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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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