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Kim Leadbeater vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Kim Leadbeater and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 854 shared comparable votes.

854 same votes 0 different votes 854 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
56 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
56 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
31 Aye 75 No
44 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
44 Aye 54 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
56 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
31 Aye 75 No
44 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
44 Aye 54 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 146 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,127
1,370 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
580
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
547
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

14
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Appearances
55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
23
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
Contributions
66
-96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£309,696
37% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Education
63 of 65 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 146 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
40 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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