Bill Esterson Sparring Partners during the 2010-2015 Parliament
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2015-2017 Parliament
Michael Gove (Conservative)
(37 debate interactions)
Lord Lansley (Conservative)
(33 debate interactions)
Edward Timpson (Conservative)
(31 debate interactions)
Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)
(30 debate interactions)
Mike Penning (Conservative)
(26 debate interactions)
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
(23 debate interactions)
John Bercow (Speaker)
(22 debate interactions)
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
(22 debate interactions)
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)
(20 debate interactions)
David Laws (Liberal Democrat)
(19 debate interactions)
George Osborne (Conservative)
(18 debate interactions)
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
(18 debate interactions)
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
(17 debate interactions)
Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat)
(17 debate interactions)
Matt Hancock (Conservative)
(17 debate interactions)
Owen Paterson (Conservative)
(15 debate interactions)
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
(15 debate interactions)
Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Non-affiliated)
(14 debate interactions)
Mark Hoban (Conservative)
(13 debate interactions)
Lord Grayling (Conservative)
(13 debate interactions)
Tim Loughton (Conservative)
(12 debate interactions)
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
(12 debate interactions)
Greg Clark (Conservative)
(12 debate interactions)
Nick Boles (Independent)
(12 debate interactions)
Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat)
(11 debate interactions)
Steve Rotheram (Labour)
(11 debate interactions)
John Hayes (Conservative)
(11 debate interactions)
Esther McVey (Conservative)
(11 debate interactions)
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
(11 debate interactions)
Alex Cunningham (Labour)
(10 debate interactions)
Sarah Teather (Liberal Democrat)
(10 debate interactions)
Andy Burnham (Labour)
(10 debate interactions)
John Pugh (Liberal Democrat)
(10 debate interactions)
Chloe Smith (Conservative)
(10 debate interactions)
Sajid Javid (Conservative)
(10 debate interactions)
Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat)
(9 debate interactions)
Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat)
(9 debate interactions)
Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Toby Perkins (Labour)
(9 debate interactions)
Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
(8 debate interactions)
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour)
(8 debate interactions)
Pat Glass (Labour)
(8 debate interactions)
Crispin Blunt (Independent)
(8 debate interactions)
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op))
(7 debate interactions)
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Charlie Elphicke (Independent)
(7 debate interactions)
Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)
(7 debate interactions)
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
John Hemming (Liberal Democrat)
(6 debate interactions)
Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change)
(6 debate interactions)
Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Jack Dromey (Labour)
(6 debate interactions)
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent)
(6 debate interactions)
Sheila Gilmore (Labour)
(6 debate interactions)
Helen Jones (Labour)
(6 debate interactions)
Lord Coaker (Labour)
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
(6 debate interactions)
Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat)
(6 debate interactions)
Mark Prisk (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Damian Green (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Michael Fallon (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Lord McLoughlin (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)
(6 debate interactions)
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
(6 debate interactions)
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench)
(5 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Stunell (Liberal Democrat)
(5 debate interactions)
Andrew Gwynne (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
(5 debate interactions)
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(5 debate interactions)
Alison McGovern (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(5 debate interactions)
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Maria Eagle (Labour)
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
(5 debate interactions)
John Redwood (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Nick Raynsford (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat)
(5 debate interactions)
Andrew Percy (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Geraint Davies (Independent)
(5 debate interactions)
Gordon Banks (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Brian Binley (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
David Gauke (Independent)
(4 debate interactions)
Mark Harper (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Baroness Keeley (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Willetts (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Julie Hilling (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(4 debate interactions)
Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)
(4 debate interactions)
Ed Balls (Labour (Co-op))
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Liam Byrne (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Robert Buckland (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
(4 debate interactions)
Luciana Berger (Liberal Democrat)
(4 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Minister of State (Education)
(4 debate interactions)
Graeme Morrice (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Heather Wheeler (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Richard Graham (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Cryer (Labour)
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(4 debate interactions)
Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat)
(4 debate interactions)
Karl Turner (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Ian Mearns (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Dan Poulter (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Craig Whittaker (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
(4 debate interactions)
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Paul Blomfield (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Primarolo (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Neil Carmichael (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Barwell (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Nia Griffith (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Lady Hermon (Independent)
(3 debate interactions)
Albert Owen (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Twigg (Labour (Co-op))
(3 debate interactions)
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Julian Sturdy (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Sheryll Murray (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op))
President of the Board of Trade
(3 debate interactions)
Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Clive Betts (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Grahame Morris (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Maria Miller (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Kevin Brennan (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
David Anderson (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Clive Efford (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Derek Twigg (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
(3 debate interactions)
Tristram Hunt (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Nick de Bois (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
George Eustice (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Paul Flynn (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Anne Milton (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
(2 debate interactions)
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Sharon Hodgson (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Greg Knight (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Louise Ellman (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Walney (Crossbench)
(2 debate interactions)
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Heidi Alexander (Labour)
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
(2 debate interactions)
Justine Greening (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen O'Brien (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Gregg McClymont (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Teresa Pearce (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Nick Hurd (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Margaret Curran (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Graham Allen (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Margot James (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Mark Field (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
John McDonnell (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Charles Hendry (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Nigel Evans (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Charlotte Leslie (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Rehman Chishti (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Hazel Blears (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Mark Simmonds (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen Metcalfe (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Guto Bebb (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Robin Walker (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Robert Neill (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Alan Reid (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Herbert of South Downs (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
David Davis (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Valerie Vaz (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Lisa Nandy (Labour)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(2 debate interactions)
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
James Morris (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
David T C Davies (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Anne Begg (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Dominic Grieve (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
John Whittingdale (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
Ian Lavery (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Richard Fuller (Conservative)
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
(2 debate interactions)
Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
George Howarth (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Fiona Mactaggart (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Helen Grant (Conservative)
Shadow Solicitor General
(2 debate interactions)
Andy Sawford (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Michael Fabricant (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Sarah Champion (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen Dorrell (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Simon Danczuk (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(2 debate interactions)
David Ward (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
(2 debate interactions)
Sandra Osborne (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(2 debate interactions)
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
(2 debate interactions)
Kris Hopkins (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Home Secretary
(2 debate interactions)
Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Kelvin Hopkins (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Chi Onwurah (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
(2 debate interactions)
Ian Murray (Labour)
Secretary of State for Scotland
(2 debate interactions)
Karen Bradley (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Brian H. Donohoe (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Steve McCabe (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Brooks Newmark (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lyn Brown (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Russell Brown (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Andy Slaughter (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Mike Hancock (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
James Paice (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Chris Ruane (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Robert Syms (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
David Evennett (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
John Healey (Labour)
Secretary of State for Defence
(1 debate interactions)
Alison Seabeck (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Frank Dobson (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
David Mowat (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Simon Burns (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Watts (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Henry Smith (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Priti Patel (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
(1 debate interactions)
Angela Eagle (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Stephen Pound (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Laura Sandys (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Bob Stewart (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Burt of Solihull (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Neil Parish (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Turner (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Stephen Mosley (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Oliver Letwin (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Alun Michael (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru)
(1 debate interactions)
Dennis Skinner (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Paul Goggins (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Blunkett (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Hugh Robertson (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Rosie Cooper (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Mike Freer (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
James Gray (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Jeremy Browne (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Iain Wright (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Rob Wilson (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Damian Collins (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated)
(1 debate interactions)
Mark Francois (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Defence)
(1 debate interactions)
Anne Main (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
(1 debate interactions)
Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Andy McDonald (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Graham P Jones (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
Second Church Estates Commissioner
(1 debate interactions)