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David Smith vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Smith and Catherine West voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.
264 same votes
8 different votes
272 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.1%
1% below average
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
452
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
224
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
228
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
16
3.5% 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
98
+1.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-39.0 vs Commons average
142
-27.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-100.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
6
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API