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Wendy Chamberlain vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain
LD North East Fife
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Esther McVey voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 682 shared comparable votes.

159 same votes 523 different votes 682 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
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 3 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 44% aligned 77 shared votes
29 Aye 48 No
7 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 40% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 66 No
Migration 3% aligned 87 shared votes
63 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 447 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
1,136
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
588
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
548
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

110
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
104
+26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
142
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
145
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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