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Dave Doogan vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Catherine West voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 598 shared comparable votes.

533 same votes 65 different votes 598 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
20 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 59% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 11 No
Benefits 71% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 5 No
Energy 84% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

47.6%
25% below average
Rank 626 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
804
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
437
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
367
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

94
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
54
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
159
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
65
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Trade
50 of 56 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API