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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 2% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 229 different votes 233 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
239
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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

£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
7
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API