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Sarah Russell vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Esther McVey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 212 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 209 different votes 212 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
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 131 of 647
Participation
64.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 647
452
542 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
2,073 eligible divisions
235
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
45.7 % of votes cast
217
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
728
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

71
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 647
Appearances
86
+20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 647
107
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 647
Contributions
108
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API