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Mike Martin vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Catherine West voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 179 different votes 215 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 22 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

58.7%
14% below average
Rank 584 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
340
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,737
2,365 eligible divisions
189
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.3% of votes cast
151
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
147
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649
Contributions
50
-86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API