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Catherine West vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Catherine West and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 767 shared comparable votes.

760 same votes 7 different votes 767 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
55 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
55 Aye 59 No
29 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
67 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
55 Aye 59 No
29 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,775
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
958
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
817
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
63
-91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API