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Alistair Strathern vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 0 different votes 403 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
38 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API