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Catherine Atkinson vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 8 different votes 333 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
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
15
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

108
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
197
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API