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Catherine West vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Alan Mak voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,501 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,438 different votes 1,501 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
23 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 180 shared votes
65 Aye 115 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 49 shared votes
13 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API