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Alison McGovern vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,444 shared comparable votes.

1,440 same votes 4 different votes 1,444 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
104 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
104 Aye 66 No
42 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
42 Aye 100 No
64 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
64 Aye 68 No
45 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 10 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 169 shared votes
104 Aye 65 No
104 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
104 Aye 66 No
42 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
42 Aye 100 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API