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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,546 shared comparable votes.

1,533 same votes 13 different votes 1,546 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
110 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
34 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
34 Aye 107 No
66 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
66 Aye 71 No
49 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 73 shared votes
49 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 17 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
108 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
110 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
34 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
34 Aye 107 No
66 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
66 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,819
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,390 eligible divisions
1,010
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
54.1% of votes cast
809
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
807
45.9% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
162
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
62
-89.4 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API