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Catherine West vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Ben Maguire voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 200 different votes 233 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
0 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 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 345 of 649
Participation
60.4%
12% below average
Rank 570 of 649
1,743
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
354
586 eligible divisions
944
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
54.2% of votes cast
799
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.8% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 649
Appearances
98
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
54
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Contributions
113
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 287 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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