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Esther McVey

Conservative MP for Tatton, since 8 June 2017

The Rt Hon Esther McVey is the Conservative MP for Tatton, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

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Scorecard

46.9% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote

277 Votes cast out of 590 divisions

313 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs

34 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

569 Debates spoken in 712 written questions tabled

Ranked 588 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
11 Sep 2026	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading	No vote	270–286
11 Sep 2026	Closure motion	No vote	293–218
10 Sep 2026	Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	77–292
9 Sep 2026	Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	371–100
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1	Aye	162–297
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143	Aye	106–302
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142	Aye	108–357
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140	No vote	79–300
7 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145	Aye	170–316
7 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6	No vote	77–317
4 Sep 2026	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–79
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading	No	411–102
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88	No	85–427
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67	Aye	105–410
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65	Aye	166–346
15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division	No	330–109
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	No	330–109
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	Aye	104–412
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	Aye	102–409
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3	No vote	93–323
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading	No vote	264–90
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	97–358
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	283–182
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	317–103
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 1 September 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 21 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 30 June 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 16 July 2026)