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Catherine West vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 972 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 925 different votes 972 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
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 131 shared votes
90 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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