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Wera Hobhouse vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Bill Esterson voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,217 shared comparable votes.

977 same votes 240 different votes 1,217 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
86 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 141 shared votes
86 Aye 55 No
38 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
39 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 71 No
Migration 96% aligned 94 shared votes
23 Aye 71 No
15 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 37% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
83 Aye 58 No
Tax 60% aligned 141 shared votes
96 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 24 No
Defence 64% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 31 No
Devolution / Local Government 64% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

143
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
193
+49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
12
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API