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Catherine West vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Mike Reader voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 7 different votes 311 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
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
970
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
822
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
80
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Contributions
115
-52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Tax
100 of 122 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API