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Heidi Alexander vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

477 same votes 1 different votes 478 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
42 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
42 Aye 39 No
52 Aye 11 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
52 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 5 No
Energy 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
42 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
42 Aye 39 No
52 Aye 11 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
52 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 650
Participation
73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 350 of 650
347
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,337 eligible divisions
161
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
930
54.3 % of votes cast
186
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
784
45.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
39
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
465
+345.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
73
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Education
85 of 95 votes
Transport
24 of 25 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
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