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Catherine West vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,342 shared comparable votes.

1,329 same votes 13 different votes 1,342 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
104 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No
32 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
32 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 93% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
94 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
97 Aye 66 No
104 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
1,771
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,401 eligible divisions
955
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
816
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

51
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Appearances
55
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
62
-89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Contributions
91
-60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 76 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API