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Chris Bloore vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Chris Bloore and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

295 same votes 2 different votes 297 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
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
454
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,787
2,417 eligible divisions
220
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
967
54.1% of votes cast
234
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
820
45.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
127
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
67
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£167,691
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£167,691
26% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 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: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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