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Naz Shah vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,350 shared comparable votes.

1,337 same votes 13 different votes 1,350 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
99 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
99 Aye 61 No
61 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
61 Aye 81 No
31 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
31 Aye 84 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 168 shared votes
105 Aye 63 No
99 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
99 Aye 61 No
61 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
61 Aye 81 No
31 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
31 Aye 84 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

65.1%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,564
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,401 eligible divisions
867
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
955
53.9% of votes cast
697
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
816
46.1% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
25
-126.2 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Contributions
62
-89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
9
3 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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 76 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
64 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API