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Alan Strickland vs Catherine West

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

370 same votes 6 different votes 376 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
39 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
39 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
39 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
564
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
283
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
281
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
12
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Appearances
58
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
40
-127.2 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Contributions
69
-98.2 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API