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Julia Lopez vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,297 different votes 1,349 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
14 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 35 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
60 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 165 shared votes
100 Aye 65 No
96 Aye 41 No
Migration 3% aligned 137 shared votes
37 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
848
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
920
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API