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Catherine West vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 992 shared comparable votes.

931 same votes 61 different votes 992 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
105 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
105 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 20 No
Benefits 83% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
92 Aye 48 No
Tax 85% aligned 140 shared votes
95 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 91% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 92% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,694
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
927
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
767
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

33
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
65
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
85 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API