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Catherine West vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,458 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,408 different votes 1,458 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
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 10 No
Benefits 2% aligned 43 shared votes
9 Aye 34 No
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 178 shared votes
65 Aye 113 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 73 shared votes
22 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Appearances
113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API