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Sarah Smith vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 170 different votes 176 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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