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Shabana Mahmood vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 836 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 797 different votes 836 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 4 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 108 shared votes
36 Aye 72 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
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