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Catherine West vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,292 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,232 different votes 1,292 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
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
66 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 128 shared votes
67 Aye 61 No
32 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
49 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 25 No
Migration 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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