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How Esther McVey votes

Esther McVey voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 124 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Esther McVey has 34 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 01 September 2026 - £2,166.6621 Sep 2026
Employment and earningsGuest on TV show - STV Productions17 Aug 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 01 August 2026 - £2,166.6617 Aug 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 14 August 2026 - £600.0017 Aug 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 07 August 2026 - £2,000.0017 Aug 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 14 July 2026 - £850.0016 Jul 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 30 June 2026 - £2,166.6616 Jul 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 02 June 2026 - £2,166.6618 Jun 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 12 June 2026 - £600.0018 Jun 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 06 May 2026 - £2,166.6621 May 2026
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TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 18 May 2026 - £450.0021 May 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 15 April 2026 - £200.005 May 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 02 April 2026 - £2,166.6614 Apr 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 13 March 2026 - £600.0018 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 13 February 2026 - £200.0018 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 03 March 2026 - £2,166.6618 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 19 February 2026 - £560.0026 Feb 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 03 February 2026 - £2,166.6611 Feb 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 06 January 2026 - £2,166.666 Jan 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 01 December 2025 - £2,166.6623 Dec 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 12 December 2025 - £850.0019 Dec 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 04 November 2025 - £2,166.6619 Nov 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 04 November 2025 - £240.006 Nov 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 15 October 2025 - £400.0017 Oct 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 02 October 2025 - £2,166.669 Oct 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 03 September 2025 - £280.005 Sep 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 16 July 2025 - £550.005 Sep 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 02 September 2025 - £2,166.663 Sep 2025
Employment and earningsGuest on TV show - News UK26 Jun 2025
ShareholdingsShares in Blue Collar Productions29 Oct 2020
MiscellaneousUnpaid Director of Blue Collar Productions, a television production company of Miryfields Cottage, 5/7 Cann Street, Tottington BL8 3PE.29 Oct 2020
MiscellaneousTrustee (Unpaid) of "If Chloe Can"; charity providing careers advice and support for young people.7 Jul 2017
Employment and earningsWriting articles - Reach Group Limited–
Employment and earningsPanelist on TV programme - GB News–

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Esther McVey asked 190 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care64
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero24
Cabinet Office21
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology20
Treasury15

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Not answered yet
9 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Answered 17 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£50,263
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,447
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1,749
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£31,067

108 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Esther McVey represents Tatton. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Esther McVey

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,136

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Esther McVey won with 38% of the votes, and Ryan Jude (Labour) came second with 36%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 19,956
Labour36% · 18,820
Reform UK11% · 5,948
Liberal Democrat9% · 4,614
Green Party5% · 2,571
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Esther McVeyConservative19,95638.4%
Ryan JudeLabour18,82036.3%
Oliver SpeakmanReform UK5,94811.5%
Jonathan SmithLiberal Democrat4,6148.9%
Nigel HennerleyGreen Party2,5715.0%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£921 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this