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Catherine West vs Tom Rutland

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Tom Rutland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 0 different votes 302 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
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.0% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.0% 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
59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Contributions
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 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