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Catherine West vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,232 shared comparable votes.

1,040 same votes 192 different votes 1,232 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
94 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
94 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 96% aligned 113 shared votes
25 Aye 88 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 11 No
Education 38% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
86 Aye 46 No
Tax 61% aligned 132 shared votes
81 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 71% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 77% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API