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Andrew Pakes vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Andrew Pakes and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.
300 same votes
7 different votes
307 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
70.6%
2% below average
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
449
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
214
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
235
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
13
2.9% 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
87
-8.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
105
-62.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API