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Catherine West vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,357 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,307 different votes 1,357 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
96 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
66 Aye 95 No
21 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 94 No
Migration 0% aligned 125 shared votes
94 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API