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Stephen Doughty vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 973 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 921 different votes 973 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
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 89 shared votes
43 Aye 46 No
10 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 117 shared votes
43 Aye 74 No
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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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