Esther McVey
Conservative Tatton
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
See Esther McVey’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →
Every Commons division on file for Esther McVey — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,373 of 2,121 (65%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Esther McVey doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Esther McVey →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Payment: £2,166.66 For four full page columns in the Daily Express and four weekly podcasts.
Received on: 1 August 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 17 August 2026)
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)
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)
Payment: £550 For 2 shows.
Received on: 16 July 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 5 September 2025)
Payment: £400 For two shows.
Received on: 15 October 2025. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 17 October 2025)
Payment: £850 For four shows.
Received on: 12 December 2025. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 19 December 2025)
Payment: £600 For three shows.
Received on: 13 March 2026. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 18 March 2026)
Payment: £200 For one show.
Received on: 13 February 2026. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 18 March 2026)
Payment: £200 For one show.
Received on: 15 April 2026. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 5 May 2026)
Payment: £450 For two shows.
Received on: 18 May 2026. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 21 May 2026)
Payment: £600 For three shows.
Received on: 12 June 2026. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 18 June 2026)
Payment: £850 For four shows.
Received on: 14 July 2026. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 16 July 2026)
Payment: £600 For three shows.
Received on: 14 August 2026. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 17 August 2026)
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)
Payment: £280 For 7 shows.
Received on: 3 September 2025. Hours: 1.15 hrs.
(Registered 5 September 2025)
Payment: £240 For 6 shows.
Received on: 4 November 2025. Hours: 1.05 hrs.
(Registered 6 November 2025)
Payment: £560 For fourteen shows.
Received on: 19 February 2026. Hours: 2.2 hrs.
(Registered 26 February 2026)
Role, work or services: Guest on TV show
Payer: STV Productions (Television production company), Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1PQ
(Registered 17 August 2026)
Payment: £2,000 For one show.
Received on: 7 August 2026. Hours: 10 hrs.
(Registered 17 August 2026)
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)
Trustee (Unpaid) of "If Chloe Can"; charity providing careers advice and support for young people.
(Registered 7 July 2017)
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)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Esther McVey yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Esther McVey has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£347,239.18 paid out to or for Esther McVey across 268 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Esther McVey’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Esther McVey — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Esther McVey’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Esther McVey is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: The Institute of Customer Service — about £11,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Customer Service).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Esther McVey personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Esther McVey is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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