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Mark Garnier vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Catherine West voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,497 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,425 different votes 1,497 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
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
73 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 184 shared votes
113 Aye 71 No
15 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
98 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
34 Aye 102 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% 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

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
22
7 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
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