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Liz Kendall vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,363 shared comparable votes.

1,355 same votes 8 different votes 1,363 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
96 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
96 Aye 62 No
40 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
40 Aye 84 No
52 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
52 Aye 71 No
42 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
42 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Trade 97% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 10 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
113 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 178 shared votes
110 Aye 68 No
96 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
96 Aye 62 No
40 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
40 Aye 84 No

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

Voting record

64.3%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,543
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,401 eligible divisions
878
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
955
53.9% of votes cast
665
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
816
46.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

35
-52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650
Appearances
51
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
483
+331.0 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
Contributions
62
-90.0 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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
184 of 211 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 76 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
64 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Humble address to annul Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 248) 20 Mar 2019
Aye
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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