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Josh Newbury vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 7 different votes 341 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
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 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

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
13
2.4% 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

170
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
201
+33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 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

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API