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Catherine West vs Mr Will Forster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Catherine West and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.
39 same votes
223 different votes
262 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.4%
1% above average
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
1,737
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
580 eligible divisions
944
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.9% of votes cast
793
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.1% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
44
-34.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
173
+94.3 vs Commons average
51
-86.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
216
+78.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API