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Jess Asato vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 8 different votes 330 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
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
501
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
246
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
255
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
15
3.0% 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

18
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
26
-141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Contributions
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
5
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API