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Catherine West vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 3 different votes 371 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
38 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
38 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
38 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
1,787
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
631 eligible divisions
967
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
52.0% of votes cast
820
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
266
48.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
67
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Contributions
72
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API