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Catherine West vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 249 different votes 256 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 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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