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Josh Dean vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Josh Dean and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

342 same votes 1 different votes 343 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
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
551
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
276
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
275
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£169,396
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£169,396
25% below 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API