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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.

1,142 same votes 17 different votes 1,159 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
98 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
98 Aye 64 No
51 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
51 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
40 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 96% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 35 No
Trade 96% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
95 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 146 shared votes
92 Aye 54 No
98 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
98 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

55.1%
17% below average
Rank 604 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,326
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,775
2,405 eligible divisions
750
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
958
54.0% of votes cast
576
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

41
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Appearances
52
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
38
-116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Contributions
63
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 212 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
64 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union) 1 Apr 2019
Trade
Aye
No rebel
Mr Clarke's motion J (Customs union) 27 Mar 2019
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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