Official portrait of Esther McVey

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.

Scorecard

46.6% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
268 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
307 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
31 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
565 Debates spoken in 692 written questions tabled

Ranked 589 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 No vote 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 No vote 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 No vote 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 No vote 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 No vote 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 No vote 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 No 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No vote 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No vote 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No vote 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No vote 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No vote 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

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: 2 June 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Payment: £600 For three shows.
Received on: 12 June 2026. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 6 May 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 21 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £450 For two shows.
Received on: 18 May 2026. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 21 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £200 For one show.
Received on: 15 April 2026. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 5 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 2 April 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 14 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 3 March 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 18 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Payment: £600 For three shows.
Received on: 13 March 2026. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 18 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Payment: £200 For one show.
Received on: 13 February 2026. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 18 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Payment: £560 For fourteen shows.
Received on: 19 February 2026. Hours: 2.2 hrs.
(Registered 26 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 3 February 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 11 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Payment: £2,250.15 for four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 13 July 2025. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 18 August 2025)

On the register since 9 Feb 2026

Payment: £550 For 2 shows.
Received on: 16 July 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 5 September 2025)

On the register since 9 Feb 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 6 January 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 6 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 1 December 2025. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 23 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Payment: £850 For four shows.
Received on: 12 December 2025. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 19 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 4 November 2025. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 19 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Payment: £240 For 6 shows.
Received on: 4 November 2025. Hours: 1.05 hrs.
(Registered 6 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 2 October 2025. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 9 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Payment: £400 For two shows.
Received on: 15 October 2025. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 17 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 2 September 2025. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 3 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

Payment: £280 For 7 shows.
Received on: 3 September 2025. Hours: 1.15 hrs.
(Registered 5 September 2025)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

Payment: £2,450.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express.
Received on: 5 August 2025. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 18 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Payment: £550 For two shows.
Received on: 14 August 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 18 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Payment: £280 For 7 shows.
Received on: 2 July 2025. Hours: 1.15 hrs.
(Registered 18 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Role, work or services: Guest on TV show
Payer: News UK, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Registered 26 June 2025)

On the register since 18 Jul 2025

Role, work or services: Panelist on TV programme
From: 14 January 2025.
Payer: GB News, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London EC4R 3TT
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Updated 24 January 2025)

On the register since 4 Feb 2025

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Reach Group Limited, 21st Floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Updated 29 November 2024)

On the register since 11 Dec 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Blue Collar Productions
Nature of business: A television production company
Interest held: from 1 October 2020
(Registered 29 October 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee (Unpaid) of "If Chloe Can"; charity providing careers advice and support for young people.
(Registered 7 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Unpaid Director of Blue Collar Productions, a television production company of Miryfields Cottage, 5/7 Cann Street, Tottington BL8 3PE.
Date interest arose: 1 October 2020
(Registered 29 October 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

565 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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