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Catherine West vs Rachel Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

282 same votes 0 different votes 282 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
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
590 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
48.8% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
239
51.2% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Appearances
124
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Contributions
184
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API