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Catherine West vs Steve Witherden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Catherine West and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.
312 same votes
2 different votes
314 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.9%
2% above average
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
1,787
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
967
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
820
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
67
-97.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API