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Catherine West vs Saqib Bhatti

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

Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Catherine West and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 974 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 938 different votes 974 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
93 Aye 37 No
36 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 46 shared votes
11 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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