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Bill Esterson vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,427 shared comparable votes.

1,420 same votes 7 different votes 1,427 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
105 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
62 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
62 Aye 74 No
37 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
37 Aye 88 No
33 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
38 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 10 No
Energy 98% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
106 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
103 Aye 60 No
105 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
62 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
62 Aye 74 No
37 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
37 Aye 88 No

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

Voting record

71.1%
2% below average
Rank 410 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,683
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,368 eligible divisions
943
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.3% of votes cast
740
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
795
45.7% 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

58
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
44
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
81
-58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Contributions
51
-88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
5
3 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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API