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Dame Nia Griffith vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,582 shared comparable votes.

1,569 same votes 13 different votes 1,582 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
120 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
120 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
36 Aye 109 No
64 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
64 Aye 79 No
54 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 77 shared votes
54 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
110 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 178 shared votes
107 Aye 71 No
120 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
120 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
36 Aye 109 No
64 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 143 shared votes
64 Aye 79 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,861
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,390 eligible divisions
1,029
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
54.1% of votes cast
832
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
807
45.9% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
83
-68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
5
4 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

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

Recent voting overlap

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