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Jessica Toale vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Jessica Toale and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 2 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
36 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
495
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,787
2,417 eligible divisions
250
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
967
54.1% of votes cast
245
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
820
45.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

131
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Appearances
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
Contributions
67
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,947
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£208,947
8% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API