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Liz Twist vs Catherine Atkinson

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Catherine Atkinson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 0 different votes 415 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
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

84.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 117 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 647
1,745
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
434
537 eligible divisions
957
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
53.0 % of votes cast
788
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
204
47.0 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 647
Appearances
93
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 647
85
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 647
Contributions
146
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£207,563
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£207,563
8 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 71 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
147 of 161 votes
#5
Transport
23 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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