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Catherine West vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Alex Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 8 different votes 314 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
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
970
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
53.0% of votes cast
822
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
69
-100.2 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Contributions
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API